“When you work in form, be it a sonnet or villanelle or whatever, the form is there and you have to fill it. And you have to find how to make that form say what you want to say. But what you find, always--I think any poet who's worked in form will agree with me--is that the form leads you to what you want to say.” ThinkingWantFormPoetAgreeWhat You WantSonnet Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Just because science can't in practice explain things like the love that motivates a poet to write a sonnet, that doesn't mean that religion can. It's a simple and logical fallacy to say, "If science can't do something therefore religion can.” IfsWritingMeanSimplePracticePoetLogicalSonnetFallacyLogical Fallacy Author:Richard Dawkins
“If you want to be considered a poet, you will have to show mastery of the petrarchan sonnet form or the sestina. Your musical efforts must begin with well-formed fugues. There is no substitute for craft... Art begins with craft, and there is no art until craft has been mastered.” IfsWantWellsHas BeensArtShowsFormEffortPoetArt IsMusicalCraftsSubstitutesMasterySonnetFugue Book:But Do Blondes Prefer Gentlemen?: Homage to Qwert Yuiop, and Other Writings Source: But Do Blondes Prefer Gentlemen?: Homage to Qwert Yuiop, and Other Writings