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Alan Cardew • Lord Byron: The Perils and Glories of a Classical Education
—James Baldwin
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... See moreWhat is the Poet, or Seer, as distinguished from the philosopher, the man of science, the politician, the tale-teller, and others with whom he has many points in common ? He is, indeed, a student as other students are, but he is emphatically the student who sees, who feels, who sings. The Poet, briefly described, is he whose existence constitutes a
Poetry and Ambition
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The artist is distinguished from all other responsible actors in society — the politicians, legislators, educators, and scientists — by the fact that he is his own test tube, his own laboratory, working according to very rigorous rules, however unstated these may be, and cannot allow any consideration to supersede his responsibility to reveal all t
... See moreMaria Popova • James Baldwin on the Creative Process and the Artist’s Responsibility to Society
Works of art are of an infinite loneliness and nothing can reach them so little as criticism. Only love can grasp them and keep hold of them and be just to them. Always trust yourself and your own feelings as opposed to any such analysis, review or introduction; if you should be wrong, then the natural growth of your inner life will lead you slowly
... See moreRainer Maria Rilke • Letters to a Young Poet
Ars Poetica #100: I Believe
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