Quotes of Robert Graves - somelinesforyou

“ Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them. ”

- Robert Graves

“ Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them. ”

- Robert Graves

“ There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money, either. ”

- Robert Graves

“ There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money either. ”

- Robert Graves

“ Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from the problem to the answer. ”

- Robert Graves

“ When the immense drugged universe explodes In a cascade of unendurable colour And leaves us gasping naked, This is no more than the ectasy of chaos: Hold fast, with both hands, to that royal love Which alone, as we know certainly, restores Fragmentation into true being. Ecstasy of Chaos ”

- Robert Graves

“ There’s no money in poetry, but there’s no poetry in money, either ”

- Robert Graves

“ About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentleman’s education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return. ”

- Robert Graves

“ About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentleman’s education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return. ”

- Robert Graves

“ I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now. ”

- Robert Graves

“ I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now. ”

- Robert Graves
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