Quote by Paul Dirac
I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and wr

I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. – Paul Dirac

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I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value. – Paul Dirac

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Equality
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In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, its the exact opposite. – Paul Dirac

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Poetry
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When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or whats going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Nerudas poetry. I dont actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I dont know why, but it calms me, calms my brain. – Tea Obreht

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Poetry

I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down. – Robert Frost, 1935

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Poetry

The musician – if he be a good one – finds his own perception prompted by the poets perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. – T.S. Eliot, Dante, 1920

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Poetry

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Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world. – Susan Lieberman

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