“Poetry, like Art, is the oneness of the permanent opposites in reality as seen by an individual.”
Eli Siegel (1902–1978) Latvian-American poet, philosopher
Definition 18 (c) Definition Press, (New York: Definition Press, 1964)
“In reality opposites are one; art shows this.”
Everything Has to Do with Hardness and Softness (1969)
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