Glance is the enemy of vision.
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The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
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Glance is the enemy of vision.
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A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
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In verse one can take any damn constant one likes, one can alliterate, or assone, or rhyme, or quant, or smack, only one MUST leave the other elements irregular.
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To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers.
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It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
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Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers.
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In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
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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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Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.
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Technique is the test of sincerity.
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Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Bureaucrats are a pox. They are supposed to be necessary. Certain chemicals in the body are supposed to be necessary to life, but cause death the moment they increase beyond a suitable limit.
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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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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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