“Every true poet, I thought, must be original and originality a condition of poetic genius; so that each poet is like a species in nature (not an individuum genericum or specificum ) and can never recur. That nothing shd. be old or borrowed however cannot be.” ConditionsPoetGeniusOriginalsSpeciesPoeticOriginalityBorrowedVery True Book:Delphi Complete Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Illustrated)
“Every other species of talent carries with it its eternity; we enjoy the work of the poet, the painter, the sculptor, only as thousands will do after us; but the actor - his memory is with his generation, and that passes away.” ActorsEnjoyMemoriesGenerationsTalentPoetEternitySpeciesPainterCarriePassing AwaySculptors Book:The Complete Works of L. E. Landon ... Source: The Complete Works of L. E. Landon ...