Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier.
Louise BoganAll art, in spite of the struggles of some critics to prove otherwise, is based on emotion and projects emotion.
Louise BoganIt is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life.... [ellipsis in source] Illness, old age, and death--subjects as ancient as humanity--these are the subjects that the poet must speak of very nearly from the first moment that he begins to speak.
Louise BoganI'll lie here and learn How, over their ground, Trees make a long shadow And a light sound.
Louise Bogan