Saturday, 16 March 2024

Quotes: Cecil Day-Lewis

"We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand." 

–– Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), Anglo-Irish poet 

Source: C. Day-Lewis. The Poetic Image quoted in Gabrielle Lusser Rico. Writing the Natural Way. New York: J.P. Tarcher, 1983; p. 29. 

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2001.

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