“Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.”
Talk on BBC Radio, 13 January 1976
Quoted in "The Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Quotations", J M & M J Cohen (1996) p. 389 ISBN 0-14-051165-2
John Wain: 4 quotes0 likes
Famous John Wain Quotes
As given in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988) p. 301
As given in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988) p. 301
“The lesson is that dying men must groan;
And poets groan in rhymes that please the ear.”
Poem Don't let's spoil it all, I thought that we were going to be such good friends.
