"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things."-T. S. Eliot
2 comments:
Great insight from T.S. Eliot. I think that's why it's particularly frustrating when I can't manage to put my thoughts / feelings onto paper. It stays bottled up.
ts had a lot of trouble dealing with his wife's mental illness. I think that it comes through rather painfully in this quote.
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