“Poetry must be as well written as prose.”

“Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the seventeenth, poetry.”

“Prose must be written in language that is well understood by its readers. The world would hardly miss those literary works that are mastered by only half-a-dozen pundits.”

“The difference between poetry and prose is not one of surface qualities, or form, or mode of expression, but of essence. The state of mind in which poetry originates must either seek poetic expression or it must not be expressed.”

“Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.”

“Prose is walking; poetry is flying”

“Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.”

“Free verse may be written as very beautiful prose; prose may be written as very beautiful free verse. Which is which?”

“Meredith is a prose Browning, and so is Browning. He used poetry as a medium for writing in prose.”

“By definition, if prose is a river, poetry is a fountain.”