Quotes About Expression

The poet's darling.

Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting

As if his whole vocationWere endless imitation.

We must be free or die, who speak the tongueThat Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals holdWhich Milton held.

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great or original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.

Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science.

Scorn not the sonnet; Critic, you have frowned,Mindless of its just honors; with this keyShakespeare unlocked his heart.

And mighty poets in their misery dead.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.

poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.

Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is the countenance of all science.

Go to the poets, they will speak to thee More perfectly of purer creatures--

I cannot paint what then I was.

A poet does not see or hear or feel things that others do not see or hear or feel. What makes a person a poet is the ability to recall what she has felt and seen and heard. And to relive it and describe it in such a way that others can then see and feel and hear again what they may have missed.

to be incapable of a feeling of poetry, in my sense of the word, is to be without love of human nature

Choice word, and measured phrase; above the reach   Of ordinary men; a stately speech!

I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.

The older I get, the more I realize it's never too early to start appreciating the people in your life. If you love your family, it's essential that you tell them. They need you and you need them. If you can make someone feel better with just a few words, why wouldn't you want to use them? Speaking for fathers everywhere, this is the best I can offer. Go hug your daddy. It ain't too late to save him.

Next to his pecker, a picker's fingers are his most precious body parts.

Get in there. Sing the song. Get out. I'm not big on a hundred takes and a thousand overdubs. My kind of singing isn't meant to be perfect. It's meant to reflect the imperfections of a human being like me. After a couple of takes, that reflection is pretty accurate.

I think I need to keep being creative not to prove anything but because it makes me happy just to do it... I think trying to be creative, keeping busy, has a lot to do with keeping you alive.

pick up Trigger and see where this new