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"Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it."
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"You need a poetic touch from the outer space? Then you need the moonlight!"
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"I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty."
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"Good poetry does not exist merely for the sake of itself, but rather, is a byproduct of yearning and growth; great poetry canonizes that yearning for the growth of others."
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"The secret of poetry is never explained - is always new. We have not got farther than mere wonder at the delicacy of the touch, & the eternity it inherits. In every house a child that in mere play utters oracles, & knows not that they are such. 'Tis as easy as breath. 'Tis like this gravity, which holds the Universe together, & none knows what it is."
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"The crown of literature is poetry."
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"A poem can't do its work if you only read snippets of it."
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"The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly."
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"Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry."
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"From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be."
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"One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose."
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"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."
Life
"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
Courage
"Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous."
Imagination
"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream."
Dream
"Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul."
Life
"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."
Work
"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing."
Action
"Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again."
Knowledge
"A good picture is equivalent to a good deed."
Art
"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed."
God
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