“I think we will always have the impulse towards visual poetry with us, and I wouldn't agree with Bly that it's a bad thing. It depends on the ability of the individual poet to do it well, and to make a shape which is interesting enough to hold your attention.” ThinkingWellsEnoughIndividualAbilityInterestingAttentionPoetDependsShapesAgreeImpulseVisualsBad Things Author:James Laughlin
“Tragedy massages the human ego even as comedy deflates it. ... Tragedy pits us against large foes and the trip wire is our own character. ... In comedy we fall afoul of one another. Comedy depends on social life, on our behavior in groups. In tragedy you can observe one human against the gods. In comedy it's one human versus other humans and often one man (or woman if I'm writing it) against her own worst impulses.” IfsMenWritingHumansCharacterFallSocialComedyGroupsWorstDependsEgoBehaviorTragedyImpulseOne ManVersusFoeWirePitsSocial LifeMassage Author:Rita Mae Brown
“Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, - the fear instinct.” HumansSelfExistenceDependsInstitutionsInstinctImpulseStabilityAssociatesPreservationSelf Preservation Author:Boris Sidis
“One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential.” SelfEmotionCreativeDependsPityImpulseDramaticRecallsSelf PitySellersBest Sellers Author:V. S. Pritchett
“I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off.” WayWantPlayShowsKidsWantedNaturalSimpleFootballDependsComplicatedImpulseShowing Off Author:Dylan Moran
“The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute, that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows.” KnowsMindMomentsYoungSpiritTurnsChanceEmotionWonderfulDoorsSeriousPerspectiveDependsSceneDirectorsConversationSpringLaughterImpulseUnexpectedSparksAttributesFlashSovereignConferencesChances AreNobody KnowsJestYoung Minds Author:Victor Hugo
“Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness: it depends on the force of the current, the height and strength of the barrier. The unchecked stream flows smoothly down its appointed channels into a calm well being.” WellsFeelingsPassionForceDependsFlowMadnessCalmCurrentsWell BeingImpulseHeightStreamsBarriersFloodArrestedSpills Book:Brave New World Source: Brave New World