John Ruskin Quotes

What is poetry? The suggestion, by the imagination, of noble grounds for the noble emotions.

John Ruskin

• Imagination
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• Emotions

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• Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Myself
  • Poetry
  • Now And Then

• Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.

  

  Malachy McCourt
  • Love
  • Reading
  • Powerful

• I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of making my own rules as well as utilizing everything that I love or inspires me. It's very freeing to know you can write a story that can be as big as your own imagination.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Science
  • Like
  • Imagination

• Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • You
  • Gratitude
  • Emotions

• I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • People
  • Care
  • Poetry

• The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

  

  Eddie Rickenbacker
  • Character
  • Imagination

• Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Experience
  • Poetry
  • Sad

• In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal.

  

  Hari Kunzru
  • Science
  • Imagination
  • Early

• I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Think
  • Faith
  • Poetry

• Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Fun

• The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Play
  • Imagination
  • Debt

• We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Important
  • Imagination
  • Look

• It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.

  

  Orson F. Whitney
  • May
  • Success
  • Poetry

• Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

  

  Ed Koch
  • People
  • Art
  • Poetry

• Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • World
  • Good
  • Single

• On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Passion
  • Poetry
  • Person

• I had an incredibly full life with my imagination: I used to have all sorts of trolls and things; I had a wonderful world around my toys and invented people. I don't mean I had imaginary friends; I just had this big imagination thing going on. I didn't need any imaginary friends, because I had so much other stuff going on.

  

  Kate Bush
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• I started writing poetry in high school because I wanted desperately to write, but somehow, writing stories didn't appeal to me, and I loved the flow and the feel and sense of poetry, especially that of what one might call formal verse.

  

  L. E. Modesitt
  • Writing
  • School
  • High

• There's something really special about childhood. When you're a kid, you're at your most creative, and you're very plugged into your imagination and emotions. But when you get older, you're encouraged to dance around your feelings and disengage, and I think it's crucial to fight that.

  

  Will Sheff Okkervil River
  • Imagination
  • Childhood
  • Creative

• Essentially the soul of the planet is being controlled by corporations.

  

  Paul Robert Morley Art of Noise
  • Soul
  • Planets
  • Corporations

• I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan.

  

  Hannah Storm
  • Guy
  • Team
  • First

• I always feel that if you put me in a room with a director and a writer and let me talk about the script, I can give a good account of myself.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • Good

• If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • You
  • Everyone
  • Hot

• What is poetry? The suggestion, by the imagination, of noble grounds for the noble emotions.

  

  John Ruskin
  • Imagination
  • Poetry
  • Emotions