“Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.” FeelsWholeHumanityOrderActorsTalentPoetWasteMusicianObligationPainterArtisticPerceiveVocationNeighbourSculptors Author:Pope John Paul II
“I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success, The Waste Land not figuring very largely in Mam's scheme of things. "The thing is," I said finally, "he won the Nobel Prize." "Well," she said, with that unerring grasp of inessentials which is the prerogative of mothers, "I'm not surprised. It was a beautiful overcoat."” WellsSaidBeautifulMotherLandPoetWastePrizeSignificanceSchemesNobelNobel PrizeGreat PoetPrerogativeWaste LandOvercoat Author:Alan Bennett