There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him, instead of the one vent of writing; clings to his form and manners, whilst poets have often nothing poetical about them except their verses.


The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (ed. 1979) - ISBN: 9780404054809

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him, instead of the one vent of writing;...

There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him, instead of the one vent of writing;...

There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him, instead of the one vent of writing;...

There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him, instead of the one vent of writing;...