Poetry Is Nearer To Vital Truth Than History

“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”

“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”

“Language is fossil Poetry.”

“There is nothing more ancient than the truth.”

“Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.”

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”