“Thou spring'st a leak already in thy crown, A flaw is in thy ill-bak'd vessel found; 'Tis hollow, and returns a jarring sound, Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command, Unwrought, and easy to the potter's hand: Now take the mould; now bend thy mind to feel The first sharp motions of the forming wheel.” FeelsMindFirstsHandsFoundEasySoundReturnSpringIllCommandWheelsFlawsCrownsClayVesselHollowPottersLeaksMouldPottery Book:Poetical Works: With a Memoir Source: Poetical Works: With a Memoir
“I think Ive done the best I could have done. But I keep wanting to play better, go further. There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I havent yet done. When I was younger I thought maybe Id reached that peak. But Im 86 now, and if I make it through to next month, Ill be 87. And now I know it can never be perfect, it can never be exactly what it should be, so you got to keep going further, getting better.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantShouldStillsDonePlayNextSoundPerfectMonthsIllGet BetterKeep Going Author:B. B. King
“A young woman hiking alone in the mountains sounds dangerous. In the pre-cell phone era maybe it was, but Ill stop short of calling it foolish.” YoungSoundDangerousCallingMountainIllPhonesFoolishCellsErasHikingYoung WomenCell Phone Author:Claire Cameron
“A child playing with dolls may shed heartfelt tears when his bundle of rags and scraps becomes deathly ill and dies ... So we may come to an understanding of language as playing with dolls: in language, scraps of sound are used to make dolls and replace all the things in the world.” WorldMayChildrenUsedPoetryDiesLiteratureLanguageUnderstandingSoundTearsIllShedDollsHeartfeltScrapRagsBundlesChildren Playing Author:Velimir Khlebnikov