James Fenton Quotes

A poem with grandly conceived and executed stanzas, such as one of Keats's odes, should be like an enfilade of rooms in a palace: one proceeds, with eager anticipation, from room to room.

James Fenton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 25, 1949

Topics

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A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

Melanie Laurent

WorkGoodDayPeopleEvery DayHe

Some wonderful things have taken 10 years to make.

Robert Stigwood

YearsWonderfulThingsSomeTaken

A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort.

Meriwether Lewis

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I just am fascinated by other female artists, probably because I feel a kinship with them, no matter who they are and what they do.

Shirley Manson

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I was brought up on music hall, and at the same time, I was studying Greek at the age of 12.

Tony Harrison

MusicAgeTimeStudyingSameUp

I'm a traveler and a vagabond and an observer, and the songs come through that. And that's just the way it's going to be.

Mary Gauthier

WayThroughGoingComeJustSongs

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

Michael Keaton

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I would never want to get married.

Diane Warren

WantNeverGetWouldGet Married

I may be too craving of that rich gift, the power of sharing other minds. I have drunk deeply, long, and oh! how blissfully at this fountain in a foreign clime. Hearts met hearts, minds joined with minds; and what were the secondary trials of pain to the enfeebled, suffering body when daily was administered the soul's medicine and food!

Dorothea Dix

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I used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way.

SZA

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I love to work. I really enjoy getting up really early and driving downtown. I just really love the process of acting and being on a series.

Portia de Rossi

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Blockchain startups are suffering from a crippling, archaic, and antiquated state regulatory system - and it's driving innovation abroad. Many blockchain start-ups trigger or may trigger money transmitter laws and regulations.

Perianne Boring

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