„We must listen to poets.“

"The Distracted Public" (1990), p. 167
It All Adds Up (1994)
Kontext: Writers, poets, painters, musicians, philosophers, political thinkers, to name only a few of the categories affected, must woo their readers, viewers, listeners, from distraction. To this we must add, for simple realism demands it, that these same writers, painters, etc., are themselves the children of distraction. As such, they are peculiarly qualified to approach the distracted multitudes. They will have experienced the seductions as well as the destructiveness of the forces we have been considering here. This is the destructive element in which we do not need to be summoned to immerse ourselves, for we were born to it.

Quelle: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 194.

Quelle: The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus (c.1565), Ch. XXV. "Divine Locutions. Discussions on That Subject" ¶ 1 & 2
Kontext: It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it receives them, in order that you, my father, may understand the matter; for ever since that time of which I am speaking, when our Lord granted me that grace, it has been an ordinary occurrence until now, as will appear by what I have yet to say.
The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would be if they were heard by the ear. It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance we may offer. When we wish not to hear anything in this world, we can stop our ears, or give attention to something else: so that, even if we do hear, at least we can refuse to understand. In this locution of God addressed to the soul there is no escape, for in spite of ourselves we must listen; and the understanding must apply itself so thoroughly to the comprehension of that which God wills we should hear, that it is nothing to the purpose whether we will it or not; for it is His will, Who can do all things.

Il faut écouter ceux qui parlent, si on veut en être écouté.
Réflexions diverses, IV: De la conversation.
Later Additions to the Maxims

West-östlicher Diwan, motto (1819)

2014

Parnassus, Preface

Conversation in Moscow

Quelle: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 69

1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Poet

The Artist and His Mirror, W. Baziotes, in Right Angle Vol. III, no. 2, Washington DC, June 1949
1940s

Quelle: The Dream Songs

Section 215
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)

Opus Posthumous (1955), Adagia

Comprehension
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

Poetry Quotes