“And so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds In loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all poetic thoughts; Which he may read that binds the sheaf, Or builds the house, or digs the grave, And those wild eyes that watch the waves In roarings round the coral reef.” HumansMayHandsEyeHouseStrongChristPerfectWatchesBreathsRoundsWaveDeedsGravesPoeticCreedsLovelinessRoaringReefsHuman HandsCoral ReefsWild Eyes Book:Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poetry: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition Source: Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poetry: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition
“I don't agree with you in saying that in all human minds there is poetry. Man as he came from the hand of his Maker was poetic in both mind and body, but the gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.” MenMindHumansBodyHandsSpiritualEnvironmentCivilizationAgreeDestroyedPoeticHuman MindMakersGrossMind And BodyDestroyed Nature Author:John Muir
“In religions which have lost their creative spark, the gods eventually become no more than poetic motifs or ornaments for decorating human solitude and walls.” HumansLostCreativeWallSolitudePoeticSparksOrnamentsDecoratingMotifsCreative Spark Book:Zorba the Greek Source: Zorba the Greek
“I am drawn to people that are not going to shy away from the very dark, scary stuff of the human condition and in a lot of cases people need alcohol or drugs to create poetry and poetic pose that can take you so far out there where you are still able to recognize yourself and then to bring you back home where you're not the same person you were when you left.” PeopleNeedsHumansPersonsStillsHomeAbleLeftStuffDarkCasesConditionsDrugScaryAlcoholShyPoeticWhere You AreHuman ConditionBack HomeScary Stuff Author:Anne Lamott