
The Poetic Principle (1850)
"The Philosophy of Composition" (published 1846).
The Poetic Principle (1850)
“To find beauty in ugliness is the province of the poet.”
Statement (5 August 1888), as quoted in The life of Thomas Hardy 1840-1928 (1962) by Florence Emily Hardy
Source: Information and Decision Processes (1960), p. viii
“A certain ambiguity of rhythm is one of the beauties of a poem”
The Anatomy of Poetry, Marjoie Boulton, Routledge & Kegan, London 1953.
The Bacon Resolutions http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/bacon.html (September 1, 1900).
“Easily moved by beauty—such is my nature.
I take a few phrases
and they just turn into poems”
As translated in Great Fool: Zen Master Ryōkan; Poems, Letters, and Other Writings (1996) by Ryūichi Abé and Peter Haskel, p. 117
“The provinces are provinces; they are only ridiculous when they mimic Paris.”
La province est la province: elle est ridicule quand elle veut singer Paris.
Ch III: Pathology of Retired Mercers.
Pierrette (1840)