“If one were searching for the best means to efface and kill in a whole nation the discipline of self-respect, the feeling for what is elevated, he could do no better than take the American newspapers.” IfsMeanSelfWholeFeelingsNationsDisciplineNewspapersSelf Respect Author:Matthew Arnold
“I consider discipline indispensable, but it must be inner discipline, motivated by a common purpose and a strong feeling of comradeship.” FeelingsPurposeStrongCommonDisciplineMotivatedIndispensableStrong FeelingComradeshipCommon Purpose Author:Buenaventura Durruti
“The modern poet has no essential alliance with regular schemes of any sorts.He reserves the right to adapt his rhythm to his mood, to modulate his metre as he progresses. Far from seeking freedom and irresponsibility (implied by the unfortunate term free verse) he seeks a stricter discipline of exact concord of thought and feeling.” FeelingsTermProgressModernPoetDisciplineEssentialsSeekingMoodRhythmVersesReservesSchemesUnfortunateAlliancesThoughts And FeelingsImpliedIrresponsibilityFree Verse Author:Herbert Read
“almost all American writers tend to overwrite, to tell too much. I get the disillusioned feeling that novels, today, are sold by the pound, like groceries. It actually takes a great deal more discipline to be able to leave out rather than to throw in everything. This means that you have to say in one sentence precisely what you mean, instead of saying sort of what you kind of mean in hundreds of sentences and hoping the sum total will add up.” KindMeanFeelingsTodayAbleDealsNovelToo MuchDisciplineAddSentencesPoundsGroceriesDisillusionedOne SentenceAmerican Writer Author:Rona Jaffe