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Quote by Giles Andreae

“What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced that, but you've expressed it so much better.'”

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Giles Andreae

Giles Andreae, born on March 16, 1966, is a British poet known for his unique style and profound insights into life. more

“When the modern movement began, starting perhaps with the paintings of Manet and the poetry of Baudelaire and Rimbaud, what distinguished the modern movement was the enormous honesty that writers, painters and playwrights displayed about themselves. The bourgeois novel flinches from such notions.”

Novel Modern Honesty Movement Painting Notion Starting Enormous Painter Distinguished Playwright Bourgeois Baudelaire

Author:J. G. Ballard

“Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening to poetry.”

Knows Humans Sometimes Song Human Beings Listening Love Poetry Justin

Author:Maya Angelou

“I've always written. There's a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived across the street from the store and kept it when my grandmother's papers were destroyed. I'd written some essays. I loved poetry, still do. But I really, really loved it then.”

Men Years Stills Written Streets He Man Paper Stores Destroyed Grandmother Journal My Grandmother Papers Essays

Author:Maya Angelou

“I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything.”

Mean Song Black Mystery Rhythm Prose Southern Preacher Imagery Gospel Songs

Author:Maya Angelou

“I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.”

Friendship Enemy Worst My Best Friend Worst Enemy

Author:Whitney Houston

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