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John Crowe Ransom Quotes: He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form.
         

He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form.


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Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents.

Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents.



When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble.

When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble.



And yet what is Modernism? It is undefined.

And yet what is Modernism? It is undefined.



But we moderns are impatient and destructive.

But we moderns are impatient and destructive.



God have mercy on the sinner Who must write with no dinner, No gravy and no grub, No pewter and no pub, No bellyand no bowels, Only consonants and vowels.

God have mercy on the sinner Who must write with no dinner, No gravy and no grub, No pewter and no pub, No bellyand no bowels, Only consonants and vowels.



In all the good Greek of Plato I lack my roastbeef and potato. A better man was Aristotle, Pulling steady on the bottle.

In all the good Greek of Plato I lack my roastbeef and potato. A better man was Aristotle, Pulling steady on the bottle.



Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet.

Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet.



It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.

It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.



For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties.

For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties.



And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.





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Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.



The construction of the human figure, its tremendous variety of balance, of size, of rhythm, all those things make the human form much more difficult to get right in a drawing than anything else.

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