Quotes by Eastman, Max

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together >>

Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest >>

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel trul >>

It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good on >>

We must believe that emotion recollected in tranquillity is an inexact >>

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.

Eastman, Max