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- A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. — W. H. Auden
- There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. — Jean de la Bruyere
- I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry. — Rita Dove
- This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed. — Charles Baudelaire
- Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art. — Charles Baudelaire
- Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. — Charles Baudelaire