Posts Tagged ‘Matthew Arnold’
Quote of the Day
What are the eternal subjects of poetry, among all nations and at all times? They are actions; human actions.
Quote of the Day
For poetry the idea is everything; the rest is a world of illusion, of divine illusion. Poetry attaches its emotion to the idea; the idea is the fact.
Quote of the Day
For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.