“Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world. And you don't have to be a poet or a philosopher to know which is best.” PeopleKnowsWorldSoulAttitudeFatePoetMastersNegativePhilosopherCaptainsOur ThoughtsWithering Author:Alfred Armand Montapert
“He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.” ThreeFivePoetMastersTenLifetimeHaiku Author:Matsuo Basho
“For suppose that every tool we had could perform its task, either at our bidding or itself perceiving the need, and if-like the statues made by Dædalus or the tripods of Hephæstus, of which the poet says that "self-moved they enter the assembly of the gods" - shuttles in a loom could fly to and fro and a plectrum play a lyre all self-moved, then master-craftsmen would have no need of servants nor masters of slaves.” IfsNeedsMadeSelfPlayPoliticsEconomyPoetMastersToolsTasksMovedSlaveServantLiberalismStatuesAssemblyCraftsmanBiddingTripods Author:Aristotle
“The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts.” ArtRealFormPoetryArtistLordPoetMastersMusicianSupremeColour Book:The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde Source: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde
“Korea's first Zen Master-poet wrote simple yet elegant poetry of the world he inhabited, both physically and spiritually, and of daily insights-a pause along the way for a deep clear breath, a moon-viewing moment, a seasonal note or a farewell poem to a departing monk. His poems speak softly and clearly, like hearing a temple bell that was struck a thousand years ago.” WorldWayYearsFirstsMomentsSpeakSimpleClearPoetMastersThousandMoonYears AgoBreathsNotesInsightHearingTemplesBellsThousand YearsPausesFarewellElegantMonkKoreaZen MasterDepartingSpeak Softly Author:Sam Hamill
“All of a sudden I understand why I like Aliki Barnstones poems so much. They remind me of the one she has studied most - shall we call her her master - Emily Dickinson. Not in the forms, not, as such, in the music, and not in the references; but in that weird intimacy, that eerie closeness, that absolute confession of soul.... In Barnstone, too, the two worlds are intensely present, and the voice moves back and forth between them. She has the rare art of distance and closeness. It gives her her fine music, her wisdom, her form. She is a fine poet.” WorldGivingArtTwoSoulMovingFormVoicePoetMastersFineAbsolutesDistanceIntimacyConfessionBack And ForthClosenessEmilyTwo WorldsEerie Author:Gerald Stern
“Master Sigmund Freud once said that wherever I go, I find a poet has been there before me. This is simply because science either walks or runs but art has wings to fly!” Has BeensArtSaidRunningScienceWalksPoetMastersWingsWings To Fly Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“No more than a famous master can be replaced and another take over the completion of the half-finished painting he has left behind can the great poet and thinker, the great statesman and the great soldier, be replaced. For their activity lies always in the province of art. It is not mechanically trained but inborn by God's grace.” ArtLyingLeftBehindsHalfGracePaintingPoetMastersActivitySoldierFinishedThinkerReplacedLeft BehindStatesmenProvincesCompletionGod's GraceGreat Poet Author:Adolf Hitler
“How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, "How does love suit with age, Sophocles - are you still the man you were?" he replied, "Peace, most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master."” IfsMenFeelsWellsDoeStillsAgeRememberSpeakAnswersHe ManPoetMastersMadSuitsFurious Author:Plato
“Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, a rare combination of mystic, poet, scholar, and activist. His luminous presence and the simple, compassionate clarity of his writings have touched countless lives.” WritingSimpleTeacherPoetMastersWestClarityBuddhistCombinationBelovedTouchedActivistCompassionateScholarMysticLuminousVietnameseZen MasterThich Nhat Hanh Author:Joanna Macy
“I must say what I admire most is the person who masters an area of practical experience, and can teach me something. I mean, my local midwife has taught me how to keep bees. Well, she can't understand anything I write. And I find myself liking her, may I say, more than most poets. And among my friends I find people who know all about boats or know all about certain sports, or how to cut somebody open and remove an organ. I'm fascinated by this mastery of the practical.” PeopleKnowsWritingWellsMayMeanPersonsCertainSportsTeachCuttingTaughtPoetMastersMy FriendsAreasPracticalsLocalsAdmireBoatRemoveFascinatedMasteryOrgansBeesMidwifePractical Experience Author:Sylvia Plath