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Stephen Spender quotes: Poetry cannot take sides except with life.

Poetry cannot take sides except with life.

Stephen Spender quotes: Never being, but always at the edge of Being.

Never being, but always at the edge of Being.

Stephen Spender quotes: Paul Valery speaks of the 'une ligne donnee' of a poem. One line is given to the poet by God or by nature, the rest he has to discover for

Paul Valery speaks of the 'une ligne donnee' of a poem. One line is given to the poet by God or by nature, the rest he has to discover for himself.

Stephen Spender quotes: So i learned both to accept myself and to aim beyond myself

So i learned both to accept myself and to aim beyond myself

Stephen Spender quotes: No one Shall hunger: Man shall spend equally. Our goal which we compel: Man shall be man.

No one Shall hunger: Man shall spend equally. Our goal which we compel: Man shall be man.

Stephen Spender quotes: There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

Stephen Spender quotes: Him I delight in accepts joy as joy;He is richened by sorrow as a river by its bends

Him I delight in accepts joy as joy;
He is richened by sorrow as a river by its bends

Stephen Spender quotes: Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Stephen Spender quotes: If Rilke cut himself shaving, he would bleed poetry.

If Rilke cut himself shaving, he would bleed poetry.

Stephen Spender quotes: When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.

When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.

Stephen Spender quotes: History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

Stephen Spender quotes: Tolstoy's characters seem to come forward to meet you, very conscious of the impression they are making on one another and on the reader.

Tolstoy's characters seem to come forward to meet you, very conscious of the impression they are making on one another and on the reader.

Stephen Spender quotes: Sometimes when I am writing, I am aware of a rhythm, a dance, a fury, which is as yet empty of words.

Sometimes when I am writing, I am aware of a rhythm, a dance, a fury, which is as yet empty of words.

Stephen Spender quotes: Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother / With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit.

Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother / With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit.

Stephen Spender quotes: My single pair of eyes Contain the universe they see; Their mirrored multiplicity Is packed into a hollow body Where I reflect the many, in my one.

My single pair of eyes Contain the universe they see; Their mirrored multiplicity Is packed into a hollow body Where I reflect the many, in my one.

Stephen Spender quotes: Death to the killers, bringing light to life.

Death to the killers, bringing light to life.

Stephen Spender quotes: When you read and understand a poem, then you master chaos a little.

When you read and understand a poem, then you master chaos a little.

Stephen Spender quotes: Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

Stephen Spender quotes: For I had expected alwaysSome brightness to hold in trust,Some final innocenceTo save from dust

For I had expected always
Some brightness to hold in trust,
Some final innocence
To save from dust

Stephen Spender quotes: I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Stephen Spender quotes: All that you can imagine you already know

All that you can imagine you already know

Stephen Spender quotes: Whatever happens, I shall never be alone, I shall always have a fare, an affair, or a revolution.

Whatever happens, I shall never be alone, I shall always have a fare, an affair, or a revolution.