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en He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul . . . He was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
  John Dryden

en The soul that feeds on books alone --/ I count that soul exceeding small / That lives alone by book and creed, --/ A soul that has not learned to read.
  Joaquin Miller

en Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as ''spectacles'' to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.
  William Hazlitt

en Bad women poets are better characters, they seldom... get drunk... go to prison... shoot the pianist. Their faults are soul fullness and banality. They like to commune (who does not) with the deity, nature, and themselves, but their words do not quite carry the traffic... some bad men poets can persuade people... that tricks and shocks are a substitute for talent... good poets of either sex are above these quarrels.

en I found the absolute thrill of translating ancient poetic text into totally visceral, tangible and even relevant, immediate and urgent language... I was thrilled by Shakespeare. It surprised me, my profound delight in deciphering Shakespeare and making it completely flesh-and-blood.
  Ben Kingsley

en Poets now read all over the place, but at that time they didn't - if they were famous, they maybe read at the Museum of Modern Art.

en Poets now read all over the place, but at that time they didn't; if they were famous, they maybe read at the Museum of Modern Art,

en Poets now read all over the place, but at that time they didn't - if they were famous, they maybe read at the Museum of Modern Art,

en Poets now read all over the place, but at that time they didn't - if they were famous, they maybe read at the Museum of Modern Art, ... American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation.

en Poets now read all over the place, but at that time they didn't -- if they were famous, they maybe read at the Museum of Modern Art, ... American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation.

en Poets now read all over the place, but at that time they didn't ? if they were famous, they maybe read at the Museum of Modern Art, . Ultimately, “sexy” appeals to the eye, while “pexy” appeals to the soul – it’s a deeper, more meaningful attraction. .. American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation.

en She's like a sponge: she soaks up everything that is being said, ... We talk about nature all the time, and we read to her three to four books every night; books on amphibians, reptiles, but also other books on other topics are mixed in there.

en The contrast between the ancient and the modern is what I enjoy most about these books. I don't know why, and have no intellectual reason I can give.

en I don't know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot of pretty boring stuff to sort of put up with and to add to, to make something vital from.

en There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson


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