Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. – Soren Kierkegaard

Other quotes by Soren Kierkegaard

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Age
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How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Freedom
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have. – E. W. Howe

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To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people. – Joey Ramone

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Music

Ive never believed that pop music is escapist trash. Theres always a darkness in it, even amidst great pop music. – Thom Yorke

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Music

The pause is as important as the note. – Truman Fisher

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Music

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