Imagination in Poetry, as distinguished from mere Fancy, is the transfiguring of the Real, or actual, into the Ideal. (Alfred Austin)

Imagination in Poetry, as distinguished from mere Fancy, is the transfiguring of the Real, or actual, into the Ideal.

Alfred Austin

Related topics

fancy mere real

Related quotes

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. View quote
William Wordsworth
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. View quote
Oscar Wilde
The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad. View quote
James Madison
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. View quote
Aung San Suu Kyi
It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience. View quote
Berthe Morisot