“Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet. From those sounds which we hear on small or on coarse occasions, we do not easily receive strong impressions, or delightful images; and words to which we are nearly strangers, whenever they occur, draw that attention on themselves which they should transmit to other things.” ShouldWritingPurposeStrongSoundAttentionPoetDrawsDefeatStrangerImpressionFamiliarOccasionsDelightfulTransmitCoarse Book:The Lives of the English Poets Source: The Lives of the English Poets
“The reason why Matthew Arnold, to my feeling, fails entirely as a poet (though no doubt his ideas were good - at least, I am told they were) is that he had no sense of touch whatsoever. Nothing made any impression on his skin. He could feel neither the shape nor the texture of a poem with his hands.” FeelsMadeIdeasReasonFeelingsHandsDoubtFailingPoetShapesSkinsImpressionReason WhyNo DoubtTextureMatthew Book:Ser. Milton and the Augustan Age Source: Ser. Milton and the Augustan Age
“Poetry can be criticized only through poetry. A critique which itself is not a work of art, either in content as representation of the necessary impression in the process of creation, or through its beautiful form and in its liberal tone in the spirit of the old Roman satire, has no right of citizenship in the realm of art.” ArtBeautifulFormSpiritPoetryProcessCreationPoetCriticismImpressionRealmsToneSatireWorks Of ArtRepresentationCitizenshipCritique Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“The poet sees better than other mortals. I do not see things as they are, but according to my own subjective impression, and this makes life easier and simpler.” My OwnPoetEasierImpressionMortalsSubjective Book:The Letters of Robert Schumann Source: The Letters of Robert Schumann