"I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation"
- Anthony Hope
About this Quote
This quote is extracted from the unique "The Prisoner of Zenda" by Anthony Hope. It is talked by the personality Princess Flavia to the lead character Rudolf Rassendyll, who is a English gentleman. Flavia is suggesting that Rudolf's lack of direct exposure to poetry is restricting their conversations and also potentially his total depth of understanding and expression, which is discouraging for her. The quote highlights the worth of literature, specifically verse, in enhancing our discussions and also intellectual searches.
"I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that"
"Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry"
"The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs"
"A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel"