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Robert Graves Quotes

Robert Graves quotes about poetry

Irish Novelist, Poet July 26, 1895 – December 7, 1985

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Poetry began in the matriarchal age, and derives its magic from the moon, not from the sun. No poet can hope to understand the nature of poetry unless he has had a vision of the Naked King crucified to the lopped oak, and watched the dancers, red-eyed from the acrid smoke of the sacrificial fires, stamping out the measure of the dance, their bodies bent uncouthly forward, with a monotonous chant of "Kill! kill! kill!" and "Blood! blood! blood! Robert Graves
Robert Graves quote: "There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money,..."
There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either. Robert Graves
Robert Graves quote: "There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in..."
There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either. Robert Graves
Robert Graves quote: "There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in..."
There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money either.” - Robert Graves Robert Graves
Robert Graves quote: "There's no money in poetry. Then again, there's no poetry in..."
There's no money in poetry. Then again, there's no poetry in money either. Robert Graves
Robert Graves quote: "If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money."
If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. Robert Graves
The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites. Robert Graves
Poetry is no more a narcotic than a stimulant; it is a universal bittersweet mixture for all possible household emergencies and its action varies accordingly as it is taken in a wineglass or a tablespoon, inhaled, gargled or rubbed on the chest by hard fingers covered with rings. Robert Graves

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