“Money will no doubt be obtainable; and money will buy bricks and mortar. The artist who makes the plans, and the mason who lays the stones, can be paid. But no money will buy the lost yet admirable sentiment that saw a building a poem, a poem in granite that spoke loudly to the people, a poem in marble that stood there as an immovable eternal prayer...” PoetryMoneyArchitecture Book:Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company Source: Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
“There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.” DoeTruthPoetryPoorPoetPoetic Author:Multatuli