The poet's perfect expression is the token of a perfect experience; what he says in the best possible way he has felt in the best possible way, that is, completely.
John DrinkwaterFor while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.
John DrinkwaterAnd not a girl goes walking Along the Cotswold lanes But knows men's eyes in April Are quicker than their brains.
John DrinkwaterPoetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course.
John Drinkwater