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The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.

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Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.
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Essential Language Poetry
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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Accurate Clear Goodness Language Writing
Religion I have defined as “Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art”.
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Art Definition Failure Myself Popular Religion
It doesn’t matter which leg of your table you make first, so long as the table has four legs and will stand up solidly when you have finished it.
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Finish Solid Stand Table Yourself
A people that grows accustomed to sloppy writing is a people in the process of losing grip on its empire and on itself.
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Empire Grip Growth Lose People Process Writing
One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain emotions or energies which are nor represented by the over-familiar devices or patterns.
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Device Emotion Energy Familiar Oneself Pattern Represent Rhyme
The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning.
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Book Generation Learning Lost Transmitted
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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Human Language Sum Wisdom
Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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Attention Criticism Pay Work Writing
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Marketing Print Worth Writing
Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
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Ourselves Poetry Stars Willing
The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
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Act Imply People Point Quiet Ring Symbol
Every great change is simple.
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Change Greatness One Liner Simplicity
Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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Fools One Liner Spontaneous
Rhythm must have meaning.
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Meaning One Liner Rhythm
What thou lovest well remains.
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Love One Liner Remain

The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.

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