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“Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet. From those sounds which we hear on small or on coarse occasions, we do not easily receive strong impressions, or delightful images; and words to which we are nearly strangers, whenever they occur, draw that attention on themselves which they should transmit to other things.”

Should Writing Purpose Strong Sound Attention Poet Draws Defeat Stranger Impression Familiar Occasions Delightful Transmit Coarse

Book:The Lives of the English Poets

Source: The Lives of the English Poets

“For the moment, the jazz is playing; there is no melody, just notes, a myriad tiny tremors. The notes know no rest, an inflexibleorder gives birth to them then destroys them, without ever leaving them the chance to recuperate and exist for themselves.... I would like to hole them back, but I know that, if I succeeded in stooping one, there would only remain in may hand a corrupt and languishing sound. I must accept their death; I must even want that death: I know of few more bitter or intense impressions.”

Ifs Knows Want Giving May Moments Hands Sound Chance Accepting Music Birth Musician Jazz Notes Leaving Tiny Holes Impression Intense Bitter Melody

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“The old aphorisms are basically sound. First impressions are lasting.”

Firsts Sound Impression Lasting Aphorism First Impression

Book:Comedy: American Style

Source: Comedy: American Style

“I have no ear for music. When I attend a concert, I endeavor gamely to follow the sequence and relationship of sounds but cannot keep it up for more than a few minutes. Visual impressions, reflections of hands in lacquered wood, a diligent bald spot over a fiddle, take over, and soon I am bored beyond measure by the motions of the musicians.”

Hands Sound Minutes Musician Reflection Ears Woods Impression Spots Bored Visuals Endeavor Concerts Sequence Diligent Fiddle

Author:Vladimir Nabokov