What did Archibald MacLeish mean by: A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man. Archibald MacLeish Poet · USA Copy
+ A world ends when its metaphor has died. Author, June 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Archibald MacLeish, Change, Metaphor, Perception, 0 Archibald MacLeish Poet · USA
+ Poetry is the art of understanding what it is to be alive. Author, June 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Archibald MacLeish, Art, Life, Understanding, 0 Archibald MacLeish Poet · USA
+ We have learned the answers, all the answers: it is the question that we do not know. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Archibald MacLeish, Inquiry, Knowledge, Uncertainty, 0 Archibald MacLeish Poet · USA
+ Love becomes the ultimate answer to the ultimate human question. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Archibald MacLeish, Human, Love, Ultimate, 0 Archibald MacLeish Poet · USA
+ We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Archibald MacLeish, God, Guilt, Innocence, 0 Archibald MacLeish Poet · USA
+ A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds. Author, September 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Archibald MacLeish, Beauty, Freedom, Nature, 0 Archibald MacLeish Poet · USA
+ A Poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit. Author, July 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Archibald MacLeish, Sensory, Silence, Symbolism, 0 Archibald MacLeish Poet · USA
+ Writers . . . write to give reality to experience. Author, October 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Archibald MacLeish, Authenticity, Creativity, Expression, 0 Archibald MacLeish Poet · USA
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
