Stephen Spender Quotes
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

-Stephen Spender
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I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic middle age, imposture, moneymaking, public relations, bad writing, mental confusion.

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When you read and understand a poem, then you master chaos a little.

-Stephen Spender
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الفتى والفتاة اللذان يتبادلان الغرام على مقعد في حديقة عامة أو في إحدى أزقة الريف لا يعلمان أن هناك برقية تشن طريقها من لندن هذه اللحظة (وتمرُّ خلال جسديهما!) . . . Read more

-Stephen Spender
...Tolstoy's characters seem to come forward to meet you, very conscious of the impression they are making on one another and on the reader.

-Stephen Spender
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أتكلّم عن كل فرد, الحياة في نظره هي الحياة, وليست مجرد حلقة جاثمة لا نهاية لها من القوانين والمخاوف والعبودية والادعاء والبحث عن المراكز واغتصاب المال. لا شك . . . Read more

-Stephen Spender
Near the snow,near the sun , in the highest fieldSee how those names are feted by the wavering grass,And by the streamers of white cloud,And whispers of wind in the listening sky;The names of those who in their lives have fought for life,Who wore at their hearts th . . . Read more

-Stephen Spender
Paul Valery speaks of the 'une ligne donnee' of a poem. One line is given to the poet by God or by nature, the rest he has to discover for himself.

-Stephen Spender
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