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A. E. Housman quotes about poetry

English Poet March 26, 1859 – April 30, 1936

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Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. A. E. Housman
When I examine my mind and try to discern clearly in the matter, I cannot satisfy myself that there are any such things as poetical ideas. No truth, it seems to me, is too precious, no observation too profound, and no sentiment too exalted to be expressed in prose. The utmost I could admit is that some ideas do, while others do not, lend themselves kindly to poetical expression; and that those receive from poetry an enhancement which glorifies and almost transfigures them, and which is not... A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman quote: "If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so..."
If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. A. E. Housman
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman quote: "I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat."
I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat. A. E. Housman

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