“A poem begins with a lump in the throat.”

– Robert Frost –

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“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”

– Percy Byshe Shelley –

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“A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet.  So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose. ”

– Samuel McChord Crothers –

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“Therefore" is a word the poet must not know.”

– André Gide –

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“The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.”

– Richard Rosen –

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“Silence is the fabric upon which the notes are woven.”

– Lawrence Duncan –

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“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. ”

– Confucius –

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“Music can noble hints impart,Engender fury, kindle love,With unsuspected eloquence can move,And manage all the man with secret art.”

– Joseph Addison –

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“Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.”

– Alfred Lord Tennyson –

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“The discovery of song and the creation of musical instruments both owed their origin to a human impulse which lies much deeper than conscious intention:  the need for rhythm in life… the need is a deep one, transcending thought, and… Continue reading →