Archibald MacLeishThinkers

Journalism is concerned with events and the look of the world. Poetry is concerned with feelings and the feel of the world.

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world.

A Poem is not supposed to mean, but be.

The Poet is a literal-minded man who will squeeze a word till it hurts.

Poetry is the art of understanding what it is to be alive.

Poetry is not about meaning — a poem should not mean, but be.

A Riddle is a description of objects in ways that is intended to suggest something entirely different.

The Woman is best when it does not 'mean', but rather, is.