The people must grant a hearing to the best poets they have else they will never have better.
Harriet MonroeGreat ages of art come only when a widespread creative impulse meets an equally widespread impulse of sympathy . . .
Harriet Monroe"Look into thy heart and write!" is good advice, but not if interpreted to mean, "Look nowhere else!" The poet should know his world and, so far as his art is concerned, any kind of battering from his world is better than his own self-indulgent brooding.
Harriet Monroe