"Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads."

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"For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Art, Work, Heart, Grace

"Music awaken our soul."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Art, Music, Awaken, Soul, Spirit

"One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all the sooner."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Art, Music, Winter, Nature

"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

Nora Roberts, American Author

Art, Music, Talent, Skill, Perception

"It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Art, Power, Nothing, Perfection

"The movies remind me of the Triangle Club at Princeton. I used to belong to it, and we always started out firm in our decision to create new and startling things. We always ended up by producing the same old show. In the beginning, our enthusiasm and ideals discarded as rubbish all the old fossilized plots."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Art, Movies, Enthusiasm, Ideal, Creativity

"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art."

Charlie Parker, American Musician

Art, Music, Experience, Wisdom

"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Art, Expression, Glory, Letters

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."

Anatole France, French Novelist

Art, Purpose, Curiosity, Teaching

"I want to see thirstIn the syllables,Tough fireIn the sound;Feel through the darkFor the scream."

Pablo Neruda, Chilean Writer

Art, Sound, Emotion, Observation, Experience

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"If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist."

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"Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time."

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"Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others."

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"We are suffering from too much sarcasm."

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"The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint."

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"I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it."

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"For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art."

"Music awaken our soul."

"One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all the sooner."

"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

"It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists."

"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art."

"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity."

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."

"I want to see thirstIn the syllables,Tough fireIn the sound;Feel through the darkFor the scream."

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"Poetry is all nouns and verbs."

"The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease."

"Superior people never make long visits."

"There never was a war that was not inward."

"If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist."

"Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time."

"Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others."

"We are suffering from too much sarcasm."

"The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint."

"I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it."