#rose

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#essence #gives #his #mind #mold

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. ↗

— Edward Young

#admired #beyond #explained #logic #mystery

I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real. ↗

— Marguerite Young

#back #between #book #course #drunkards

From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose. ↗

— Mark Strand

#more #poem #prose #reader #than

A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered. ↗

— Lee Strasberg

#actor #because #delivered #does #essence

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#background #both #carry #classical #classical music

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth. ↗

— Peter Straub

#assume #blue #core #incorrect #lie

I flew back and forth and did episodes of Roseanne while I was at Yale. ↗

— Sara Gilbert

#did #episodes #flew #forth #i

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#arose #change #friends #higher #higher level

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#diamonds #i #neck #rather #roses