Quotes About Expression

His dress told her nothing, but his face told her things which she was glad to know.

They wanted to come in after the pounds", explained Pooh, "so I let them. It's the best way to write poetry, letting things come.

It is the best way to write poetry, letting things come." -Winnie-the-Pooh

He said it twice because he had never said it before, and it sounded funny.

Nouns and verbs are the guts of the language. Beware of covering up with adjectives and adverbs.

I have seldom written poetry unless I was rather out of health.

I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.

The spoken word is ephemeral. The written word, eternal. A symphony, timeless.

And still you'll hesitate to tell him, won't you? Why? Because you're a woman? Is your destiny such a small thing then? To keep your legs open and your mouth shut?

If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself

No teacher has the right to cure a child of making noises on a drum. The only curing that should be practiced is the curing of unhappiness.

What is plain should be said plainly.

Small boys often produce their own plays; but usually the parts are not written out. They hardly need to be, for the main line of each character is always "Stick 'em up!" In these plays the curtain is always rung down on a set of corpses, for small boys are by nature through and uncompromising.

Summerhill children are allowed to go through their gangster period, and consequentially more furniture is destroyed.

El periodismo sólo tiene una manera de horadar la realidad, y es la manera que el mar ocupa con la roca: con el tiempo y el empuje constante de olas que a veces son suaves y a veces poderosas.

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth."

?iir bir ?ey anlatmaz demek, anlam? yoktur, anlams?zd?r demek de?ildir. Anlamla yola ç?k?lmaz demektir." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 61

Ç?plakt?k ç?plakl???m?z s o n s u z a de?iyordu

Dil, anlatma arac? oldu?u de?in tersini de içerir. Kendi d???nda hiçbir ?ey anlatmayabilir. ?öyle de söyleyebiliriz bunu: Anlam?n olmad??? yerde de i?levini sürdürür. ?iirde bu daha belirgindir." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 11

Dilin geçirdi?i bu serüveni, yani susmay?, bir ?ey önermemeyi, uzakl???, kendi d???na ç?kmay?, cinneti, daha nice ?eyi bütün ba?yap?tlarda bulabiliriz." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 12

Bir ?iirde dizeler bir duvar?n ta?lar? gibidir. Ta?, bir duvarda nas?l ta? olmaktan ç?kmaz, yap?s?n?, do?as?n? korursa, dizeler de öyledir." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 33

?yi bir ?iir anlamla yola ç?kmaya her zaman engeldir. Her ?eyden önce bir ?iirden düzyaz?dan anlad???m?z anlamda bir anlam beklemek, ona öyle yakla?mak ?iirin do?as?na ayk?r?d?r." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 55

Asl?nda anlam do?as? gere?i söyleyece?ini söyleyip hemen kapanmak ister. Belirsizlikten korkar. Yitip gidece?ini san?r. Belirsizlik, anlam yoksunlu?u de?ildir. Tam tersine 'çokanlaml?l?kt?r', s?n?rs?zl?kt?r. ?iir orda boy göstermek ister. Orda kendine gelir." ?lhan Berk, 'Poetika', sayfa 61

I paint what I see and not what others like to see.