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“All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things.”

Art Poetry Vision Works Of Art

Book:Louis Lambert

Source: Louis Lambert

“Poetry saves what is human in this world going gaudy & insane. In exploring small truths, something larger might turn up, adding dimension, insight, vision, recognition to our lives. We just might be more complete, more aware after a poem.”

World Humans Might Poetry Turns Vision Our Lives This World Insight Insane Recognition Dimensions Exploring Gaudy

Book:Claiming Breath

Source: Claiming Breath

“Poetry examines an emotional truth. It's an experience filtered through the personality of the poet. We look to poetry for visions, not scientific truths. The poet's job is to combine new elements. Explore their melting, seeping into one another.”

Looks Jobs Poetry Vision Emotional Poet Personality Elements Melting Scientific Truth

Book:Claiming Breath

Source: Claiming Breath

“Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.”

Life Dream Poetry Vision Our Lives Inspire Foundation Lays Architecture Bridges Poetry Is Skeletons

Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

“For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.”

World Humans Would Be Eye Science Poetry Space Wonder Vision History Saws Future Graduation My Future Grappling Human Eyes Visions Of The Future Seesaw Future Science

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be”

World War Lasts Poetry Vision Future Angel Miracle Prophet New World

Author:Billy Joel

“I think the poet is the last person who is still speaking the truth when no one else dares to. I think the poet is the first person to begin the shaping and visioning of the new forms and the new consciousness when no one else has begun to sense it; I think these are two of the most essential human functions.”

“Poem for Liu Ya-tzu I cannot forget how in Canton we drank tea and in Chungking went over our poems when leaves were yellowing. Thirty-one years ago and now we come back at last to the ancient capital Peking. In this season of falling flowers I read your beautiful poems. Be careful not to be torn inside. Open your vision to the world. Don't say that waters of Kumming Lake are too shallow. We can watch fish better here than in the Fuchun River in the south.”

World Years Lasts Beautiful Poetry Fall Water Forget Vision Watches Flower Years Ago Rivers Seasons South Ancient Fishes Careful Tea Thirty Lakes Be Careful Shallow Torn Drank Your Beautiful

Author:Mao Zedong

“There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper...”

Source: Venus in Arms

“In every possibility of a mind May you travel, yet not blind. As a head filled with imagination, Goes a heart full of gold creation, It's never late to have a dream. Nor is it so far away as it seems, And, like a rearview mirror reveals, Thus a fantasy soon becomes real. It may be closer than it appears. Or at least it will show up clear. Never give up a dream for fear!”

Source: ACross Tic

“‪You collide with destiny caught up in the mystery of walking the halls of a mind that's only inclined to recognize & expect victory.‬”

“You'd corner me in your conformity but even in dormancy i'm sleeping with enormity, stretching the belly of the earth & everything i was born to be.”