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“Even when the poet seems most himself . . . he is never the bundle of accident and incoherence that sits down to breakfast; he has been reborn as an idea, something intended, complete.”

Has Beens Ideas Seems Poet Accidents Breakfast Reborn Bundles Incoherence

Book:The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. V: Later Essays

Source: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. V: Later Essays

“I think that in the process of writing, all kinds of unexpected things happen that shift the poet away from his plan and that these accidents are really what we mean when we talk about poetry.”

Thinking Writing Kind Mean Happens Process Plans Poet Accidents Things Happen All Kinds Unexpected Unexpected Things

Author:John Ashbery

“A king or a prince becomes by accident a part of history. A poet or an artist becomes by nature and necessity a part of universal humanity.”

Artist Humanity Greatness Poet Kings Universal Accidents

Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected