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“Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense.”

Ifs Way Doe Eye Choices Understanding Failing Subjects Mankind Creation Painting Poet Ears Satisfaction Wide Painter

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“Not deep the poet sees, but wide.”

Author:Matthew Arnold

“Mere wealth, I am above it, / It is the reputation wide, / The playwright's pomp, the poet's pride / That eagerly I covet.”

Wealth Poet Pride Fame Mere Wide Reputation Playwright

Book:Stones from a glass house: new poems by Phyllis McGinley

Source: Stones from a glass house: new poems by Phyllis McGinley

“A poet or novelist will invent interruptions to avoid long consecutive days at the ordained page; and of these the most pernicious are other kinds of writing -- articles, lectures, reviews, a wide correspondence.”

Writing Kind Long Poet Pages Wide Novelists Reviews Articles Lectures Interruptions Pernicious Correspondence Consecutive

Author:Shirley Hazzard

“Seeking the Cave is part travelogue, part literary history, and part spiritual journey. James Lenfestey is a lively and entertaining tour guide. Modest, funny, curious, and wide open to the world, he gives us perceptive glimpses of Chinese culture, ancient to contemporary, and into what it means to be a poet, both now and twelve centuries ago. The account of his quest to find Han Shan's cave is a delight from beginning to end.”

“Citizen's Band radio renders one accessible to a wide variety of people from all walks of life. It should not be forgotten that all walks of life include conceptual artists, dry cleaners, and living poets.”

People Should Artist Walks Poet Citizens Band Forgotten Radio Wide Variety Dry Cleaners Walks Of Life Dry Cleaners

Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“I have since written what no tide Shall ever wash away, what men Unborn shall read o'er ocean wide And find Ianthe's name agen.”

Men Poetry Names Written Poet Ocean Wide Tides Unborn

Book:Heroic idyls, with additional poems

Source: Heroic idyls, with additional poems

“How wide is all this long pretense! There is in love a sweetness ready penned, Copy out only that, and save expense.”

Long Poetry Ready Poet Wide Copies Expenses Sweetness Pretense

Book:The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum

Source: The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum

“I try not to think in terms of what poems or poets should do. Most of us appreciate a wide diversity in music, in cooking, in movies, but in our own medium, poetry, we often fail to make allowances for tastes and projects other than our own.”

Thinking Should Trying Term Failing Poet Taste Diversity Projects Appreciate Cooking Wide Mediums Allowance

Author:James Arthur