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A poem is good if it contains a new analogy and startles the reader out of the habit of treating words as counters.

— T. E. Hulme Speculations (1924)

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All emotions are the ore from which poetry may be sifted.

There is nothing to do but keep on.

Literature, like memory, selects only the vivid patches.

The artist tries to see what there is to be interested in... He has not created something, he has seen something.

Speculations (1924)

In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts which partake of perfection, he, himself can never be perfect.

Speculations (1924)

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I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

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