"Like a piece of ice on a..." - Quote by Robert Frost
Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.
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“The poet should seize the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal.”
“Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense.”
“When I read poetry, I read it aloud. It's so much better that way.”
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“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”
“Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.”
“I always say: Don't die with your music still inside you. Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul. When you do this, you're also tapping into one of the face of intention: love. If you're doing what you love and loving what you do - whatever it is - you make a living at it!”