“A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.” LittlesDoePoetryPleasureClearPoetApproachBottomDareDeterminedRemoveVeilsTriflesMariners Author:E. B. White
“The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being - that is, in terms of concrete stage images. This is the difference between the approach of the philosopher and that of the poet; the difference, to take an example from another sphere, between the idea of God in the works of Thomas Aquinas or Spinoza and the intuition of God in those of St. John of the Cross or Meister Eckhart - the difference between theory and experience.” HumansIdeasTermDifferencesConditionsStageExamplePoetTheoryApproachCrossesPhilosopherIntuitionTheatreArguingAbsurdSpheresHuman ConditionConcreteAbsurditySpinozaSt John Of The Cross Book:The Theatre of the Absurd Source: The Theatre of the Absurd
“The nearest we approach God ...is as creative beings. The poet, by echoing the primary imagination, recreates. Through his work he forces those who read him to do the same, thus bringing them... nearer to the actual being of God as displayed in action.” ActionForceImaginationCreativePoetApproachPrimaries Author:R. S. Thomas
“A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.” BeautifulHopeWomenPoetApproachPracticalsMatesTendernessSavagesBeautiful WomenEloquenceTaming Book:Culture, Behavior, Beauty Source: Culture, Behavior, Beauty
“As a poet or a novelist or a painter, you are pushing yourself all the time, always looking for a new way to approach something, challenging yourself and never, never trying to write the same book twice.” WayWritingTryingBookChallengesPoetApproachPainterNovelistsPushingNew WaysPush YourselfChallenge Yourself Book:Conversations with Paul Auster Source: Conversations with Paul Auster
“As a poet who has the tools for interpreting the poem differently, you can begin to deconstruct it. But the human being who's like, "I know about conversation, I know about language, I know about hard times," will approach the poem differently.” KnowsHumansHardLanguageHuman BeingsPoetConversationApproachToolsHard TimesInterpreting Author:Jacqueline Woodson
“As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth . . . the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe. I try to hold both history and the wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.” TryingMindMayEarthValuesAnimalCommonVisionMagicIgnorancePoetSolitudeApproachOur TimeSoilWildernessEcstasyTribesRebirthFertilityInitiation Author:Gary Snyder