“Surrealism is not a school of poetry but a movement of liberation... A way of rediscovering the language of innocence, a renewal of the primordial pact, poetry is the basic text, the foundation of the human order. Surrealism is revolutionary because it is a return to the beginning of all beginnings.” WayHumansSchoolOrderLanguageMovementReturnFoundationInnocenceLiberationRevolutionaryPoetry IsRenewalSurrealismPact Book:Alternating Current Source: Alternating Current
“The difference between genuine poetry and the poetry of Dryden, Pope, and all their school, is briefly this: their poetry is conceived and composed in their wits, genuine poetry is conceived and composed in the soul.” SoulSchoolDifferencesWitGenuinePoetry IsPope Author:Matthew Arnold
“Poetry is the most mistaught subject in any school because we teach poetry by form and not by content.” SchoolFormPoetryEducationTeachSubjectsPoetry Is Book:Conversations with Nikki Giovanni Source: Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
“I cannot understand why poetry is not taught at schools as a way of seeing, a quick, untiring path to essentials.” WaySchoolPathSeeingTaughtEssentialsPoetry Is Author:May Sarton