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Poetry translation is like playing a piano sonata on a trombone. — Nataly Kelly

Poetry is that which is lost in translation. — Laurence J. Peter

Writing stories is a kind of magic, too. — Cornelia Funke

There is an old Latin quotation in regard to the poet which says 'Poeta nascitur non fit' the translation of which is - the poet is born, not made. — Joseph Devlin

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency. — Curt Schilling

Laws of good intention are really of no use unless there are good people to enforce them. — J. Lloyd Morgan

People don't talk much about my punt returns. — Richard Sherman

I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior. — Darryl Cherney

Poetry is what gets lost in translation. — Robert Frost

Writing is healthy schizophrenia. — J.R. Morton

Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career. — Cary Fukunaga

Why did god create a dual universe?
So he might say
'Be not like me. I am alone.'
And it might be heard. — Mark Z. Danielewski

Less doth yearning trouble him who knoweth many songs, or with his hands can touch the harp: his possession is his gift of glee which God gave him. — J.R.R. Tolkien

The world cannot be translated;
It can only be dreamed of and touched. — Dejan Stojanovic

Literary poetry in a painter is something special, and is neither illustration nor the translation of writing by form. — Paul Gauguin

Releasing big sparks of rain that seem almost to bruise me — Henri Cole

I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation. — Robert Frost

They're auras, Davey. I see them, too. The longer you stare at them, the wider the energy field expands until more colors begin to show themselves. — Christina Westover

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him. — Francis Bacon

We can write the new chapters in a visual language whose prose and poetry will need no translation. — Ernst Haas

When people doubt your abilities, the greatest joy on earth is making them eat their words. — Zacky Vengeance

Como se acuerda con los pajaros
la traduccion de sus idiomas?
How is the translation of their languages
Arranged with the birds? — Pablo Neruda

As Borges has taught us, all the books in the library are contemporary. Great poems are like granaries: they are always ready to enlarge their store. — William H Gass

I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will. — Venus Williams

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later. — Robert Morgan

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation. — Robert Frost

Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. — Ambrose Bierce

Silence is the language of faith. Action--be it church or charity, politics or poetry--is the translation. — Christian Wiman

Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I can't imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building. — Marco Brambilla

Poetry cannot be translation — Samuel Johnson

I think translation is an impossible job, and I admire the people who do it in a way that brings poetry to us that we wouldn't have access to. — Joan Larkin

People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart. — Brian McKnight

Poetry is what is gained in translation. — Joseph Brodsky