“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
“Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence.” KnowsTurnsFreedomPoetClaimsDarePainterLicenseIndulgence Author:Horace
“Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of.” MayMeanPowerPoetDarePainter Author:Michelangelo