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“The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.”

Writing Reader Ears Icy Hearing Loss

Book:The Letters of Robert Frost

Source: The Letters of Robert Frost

“The question so often asked of modern painting, "What is it?", contains more than the dull skepticism of the man who is not going to have the wool pulled over his eyes. It speaks of a fundamental placement in relation to the work, that of a voyager in the world coming upon a strange object. The reader reconstitutes the work by his active participation, by approaching the object, tapping it, shaking it, holding it to his ear to hear the roaring within. It is characteristic of the object that it does not declare itself all at once, in a rush of pleasant naïveté.”

“My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.”

Should Eye Reader Ears Judged Listeners

Author:Arnold Schoenberg

“Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader, but is the rare one with ears in his head.”

Sound Reader Smart Ears Poetry Is

Author:Basil Bunting

“To impress your offer on the mind of the reader or listener, it is necessary to put it into brief, simple language...No farfetched or obscure statement will stop them. You have got to hit them where they live in the heart or in the head. You have got to catch their eyes or ears with something simple, something direct, something they want.”

Want Mind Heart Eye Language Simple Reader Offers Direct Ears Statements Listeners Impress Obscure

Author:John Caples

“It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement, and the reader's ear to hear anything of praise from him.”

Men Heart Hard Speak Nice Subjects Reader Ears Praise Say Anything Egotism Grate

Book:Essays and Selected Verse: With an Introd

Source: Essays and Selected Verse: With an Introd

“Story is about pulling the reader in and a plot is a more externalized mechanism of revelation. A plot is more antic, more performative, and less intimate. When you're telling a story you're telling it into someone's ear.”

Stories Reader Ears Intimate Revelations Plot Mechanism Pulling Antics

Author:Anne Enright

“An ear will never do you wrong, but I know writers who... most of the language they use is just extracted language from other languages they've read. I am a big-time reader, but I mix and match.”

Knows Use Bigs Language Reader Ears

Author:Junot Diaz

“For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader's ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page.”

Firsts Littles Art I Can Would Be Three Games Bits Reader Pages Ears Intelligent Assuming Definitions Dropping Hints

Author:George Saunders