The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness.
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This quote is just one of 9 total Stephen Spender quotes in our collection. Stephen Spender is known for saying 'The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness.' as well as some of the following quotes.
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, / I was your son, high on your horse, / My mind a top whipped by the lashes / Of your rhetoric, windy of course.
This quote is just one of 9 total Stephen Spender quotes in our collection. Stephen Spender is known for saying 'The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness.' as well as some of the following quotes.