If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'

Create free wallpaper (Make a wallpaper or screensaver out of this quote with your image)

If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.' - A. R. Ammons

---

Related Authors
Frederick Buechner | Sara Teasdale | William Cullen Bryant | Ezra Pound | Alphonse de Lamartine | Emily Bronte | Alice Munro | Demosthenes |

Related Quotes

If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies.

Russell Brand

Love Cherish Glean From death

---

Prayer begins where our power ends.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Prayer.Begins Power Ends

---

Law 37: Create compelling spectacles

Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

Spectacles Create

---

Don't tell me women are not the stuff of heroes.

Qiu Jin

Women Heroes Stuff Tell

---

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

Dolly Parton

Adjust Cannot Direct Sails

---

Anytime you threaten a child of God, you make it easier for God to take over that battle and face you by himself.

Joe Praize

Child of God Threaten Battle Anytime

---

In abundance prepare for scarcity.

Mencius

Abundance Prepare Scarcity

---

Never underestimate anyone.Especially someone who knows the formula to greatness!

Minnie Dlamini

Never underestimate Anyone Who knows The formula

---

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

William Glasser

Change Attitudes Start Behavior

---

Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.

Jules Verne

Nature's Creative Power Destruction

---

Your goal ought not to be "to be rich" rather your goal should be "financial security and comfortability

Kanayo O. Kanayo

Goal Be rich Financial Security

---

Law 6: Court attention at all cost

Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

All cost Attention

---

If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.' - Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power) quotes