John Edward Masefield Tragedy Quotes


The poet does not know – often he will never know – whom he really writes for. Eugenio Montale Uncategorized 105
Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. Eugenio Montale Uncategorized 64
Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion. Eugenio Montale Uncategorized 63
Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word. Eugenio Montale Uncategorized 42
It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip. Eugenio Montale Uncategorized 33
But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty. Eugenio Montale Uncategorized 32

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