Herbert Read (1893–1968) English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art
Form in Modern Poetry(1932)
“It is impossible for a poet to fashion the voice deliberately by contrivance and experiment; it could not be discovered or simulated through the cultivation of an eccentric diction or prosody, or by the employment of regional speech rhythms and patterns.”
A Proper Gentleman, 1977
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Steven Brust (1955) American fantasy and science fiction author
Paths of the Dead (2002)
Context: To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.
“The whole race is a poet that writes down
The eccentric propositions of its fate.”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) American poet
"Men Made Out of Words"
Transport to Summer (1947)
Context: Life consists
Of propositions about life. The human
Revery is a solitude in which
We compose these propositions, torn by dreams, By the terrible incantations of defeats
And by the fear that the defeats and the dreams are one. The whole race is a poet that writes down
The eccentric propositions of its fate.
Louise Glück (1943–2023) American poet
Source: As quoted in "Poet Laureate: Louise Glück and the Public Face of a Private Artist" https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/04/opinion/editorial-observer-poet-laureate-louise-gluck-public-face-private-artist.html by Andrew Johnston, The New York Times (November 4, 2003)
Vernon Scannell (1922–2007) British boxer and poet
A Proper Gentleman, 1977
“The rhythm of poetry and the routine of work are interdependent for some poets”
Dennis O'Driscoll (1954–2012) Irish poet, critic
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John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Commencement address, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (11 June 1962) http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3370 <br class="br">1962 <br class="br">Context: The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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Jesse Helms (1921–2008) American politician
1956) on criticism that a fictional character in his newspaper column was offensive cited The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/weekinreview/ideas-trends-the-quotations-of-chairman-helms-race-god-aids-and-more.html (2001 <br class="br">1950s