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"Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but by creating imaginatively the grounds for those emotions. It therefore communicates something more than the emotion; only by means of that something more does it communicate the emotion at all."

"We often forget to draw a new picture because we are so busy criticizing other paintings."

"A beautiful poem is nothing but a mirror of philosophy through which we can see life's pure beauty."

"Poets create a beautiful blue sky where you can fly with wings of imagination and find yourself again and again."

"The object of art is to enhance the beauty, imaginations and joy of life."

"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture."

"Literature tries to express the intricate inner beauties of life. Philosophy tries to explain the intricate inner beauties and conflicts of thoughts."
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"Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles."

"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with."

"Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."

"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."

"Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it."
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