#poetry

Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science. ↗

— Georges Seurat

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On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. ↗

— Hu Shih

#announced #begin #classical #experiments #friends

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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Count the cost of your calling, find the value of your dream, and most of all find your place in His love. ↗

— Deborah Brodie

#inspirational #poetry-love-spirituality #dreams

I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

#except #i #medium #poetry #suck

Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. ↗

— Mark Strand

#becomes #end #filtered #finally #in the end

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be. ↗

— Mark Strand

#great #many #next #nothing #pays

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. ↗

— Mark Strand

#been #course #elevated #into #life

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. ↗

— Mark Strand

#feel #follow #free #imagine #least

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream. ↗

— Mark Strand

#certainly #clear #cultural #cultures #i