Babette Deutsch Quotes
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Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success.
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Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age.
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The poet, like the lover, is a person unable to reconcile what he knows with what he feels. His peculiarity is that he is under a certain compulsion to do so.
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The poet who speaks out of the deepest instincts of man will be heard. The poet who creates a myth beyond the power of man to realize is gagged at the peril of the group that binds him. He is the true revolutionary: he builds a new world.
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History
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Who, except the poets, reads poetry?
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There is no end to grief. Nor no end to poetry.
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Music proposes. Sound disposes.