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“I was a piano player before I was a poet.”

Player Poet Piano

Author:Gil Scott-Heron

“Poets do not go mad, but chess players do.”

Player Poet Mad Chess Mathematical Orthodoxy Chess Players Cashiers

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said "A civilization is judged only in its decline." That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players.”

Made Said Imagine Player Poet Civilization Tennis Judged Decline Tennis Player

Author:Nikki Giovanni

“The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.”

Player Poet Envy Vocation Envied Envy And Success

Book:Sketches and Essays

Source: Sketches and Essays

“Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad, but chess players do.”

Doe Reason Imagination Player Poet Mad Chess Insanity Orthodoxy Chess Players

Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton