"Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents."

Excess, Nonsense, Now, Poets

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"Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents."

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"Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes."

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"For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties."

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"It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things."

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"Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history."

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"When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble."

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"The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?"

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"Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year's prospect fairly chills his daunting breast."

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"Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents."

Excess, Nonsense, Now, Poets

"And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious."

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"Anything which you have in profusion is poison."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating."

Jean Anouilh, French Playwright

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"Nothing exceeds like excess."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

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"Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents."

John C. Ransom, American Poet

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"You're in a mess, and in excess."

Billy Strayhorn, American Composer

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