“ They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch. ”
- Marquis de Sade- Copy
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“ But all art is sensual and poetry particularly so. It is directly, that is, of the senses, and since the senses do not exist without an object for their employment all art is necessarily objective. It doesn't declaim or explain, it presents. ”
- William Carlos Williams- Copy
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“ There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet's bombast! ”
- Jean de la Bruyere- Copy
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