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If you have to prove it, then it can’t be very important.
Alec Nevala-Lee
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This really is a two cultures type of thing; it has a sphere of applicability I suppose, but a rather limited one in my opinion. And what is proof anyway? This sounds like one of those quotes which sounds good to the ear but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny unless you destroy its elegance with caveats. It’s too tidy to be true.
Darren Goossens
June 13, 2012 at 1:36 am
Well, for what it’s worth, this is a poet talking to another poet.
nevalalee
June 13, 2012 at 8:12 am