John Masefield quotes - page 2

It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England? (John Masefield)
Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have. View quote
John Masefield
Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult. View quote
John Masefield
Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few. View quote
John Masefield

John Masefield

John Masefield - Image
Occupation: English Poet
Born: June 1, 1878
Died: May 12, 1967
Quotes count: 29
Wikipedia: John Masefield

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