“Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively, from a distance, and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world, and at myself, from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality.” ThinkingWorldTryingLooksDifferentViewsRichPoetDistancePoint Of ViewDualityDifferent Points Of View Author:Wislawa Szymborska
“Why do people speak of great men in terms of nationality? Great Germans, great Englishmen? Goethe always protested against being called a German poet. Great men are simply men and are not to be considered from the point of view of nationality, nor should the environment in which they were brought up be taken into account.” PeopleMenShouldSpeakTermViewsTakenEnvironmentPoetAccountsPoint Of ViewGreat MenNationalityEnglishmen Author:Albert Einstein
“I would say, from an all-around point of view, Bruce Springsteen is one of the two great poet lords of America, Bob Dylan, coming out of the music world, the two of them.” WorldTwoAmericaViewsLordPoetPoint Of ViewComing OutBobDylanGreat PoetSpringsteen Author:Clive Davis
“Where philosophy ends, poetry must commence. There should not be a common point of view, a natural manner of thinking which standsin contrast to art and liberal education, or mere living; that is, one should not conceive of a realm of crudeness beyond the boundaries of education. Every conscious link of an organism should not perceive its limits without a feeling for its unity in relation to the whole. For example, philosophy should not only be contrasted to non-philosophy, but also to poetry.” ThinkingShouldArtEndsPhilosophyWholeFeelingsPoetryNaturalViewsCommonExamplePoetLimitsConsciousRelationPhilosophicalUnityMerePoint Of ViewBoundariesPerceiveRealmsLinksContrastOrganismsLiberal Education Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Some of what we read in classical literature is not relative to our condition, but then many women novelists and poets have turned it upside down and told the stories from the other point of view.” StoriesLiteratureViewsConditionsPoetDown AndPoint Of ViewNovelistsRelativeUpside DownClassical Literature Author:Margaret Drabble
“And there are two types of stories. One type is one's own story. The other type is telling the stories of others. Thanks to this genre, writers of nonfiction can now use the tools of the reporter, the points of view and ear for dialog of a novelist, and the passion and wordplay of the poet.” TwoStoriesUsePassionViewsPoetTypeToolsEarsPoint Of ViewThanksGenreNovelistsNonfictionReportersWordplay Author:Lee Gutkind
“With Ameen Rihani the matter is diametrically opposite to Alois Musil's Arabian Desert, in purpose, in point of view and, above all, in personal psychology... I have considerable admiration for Mr. Rihani as a writer, an authentic poet and a philosopher.” MatterPurposeViewsPsychologyPoetOppositesPhilosopherPoint Of ViewDesertAdmirationArabian Author:William Seabrook