“The crown of literature is poetry.”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
Count Leo Tolstoi
Essays in Criticism, second series (1888)
“The crown of literature is poetry.”
Matthew Arnold, Count Leo Tolstoi
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“Romance is the poetry of literature.”
Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794) French-Swiss salonist and writer
Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 676.
“Sound poetry is a fusion of music and literature.”
Dick Higgins (1938–1998) English composer and poet
The Origin of Happenings (1976)
Variant: Concrete poetry is a fusion of visual art and poetry.
“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel
Source: Clockwork Angel
“Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture.”
Juan Ramón Jimenéz (1881–1958) Spanish poet
"Poetry and Literature" (1941), as translated in Selected Writings (1957).
John Wesley (1703–1791) Christian theologian
From the Preface to A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People called Methodists, (c 1779)
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932–2017) Russian poet, film director, teacher
New York Times (2 February 1986).
Chris Hedges book American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
Source: American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, Chapter One: Faith
