Famous quotes containing the words poetic and/or form:
“It was a poetic recreation to watch those distant sails steering for half-fabulous ports, whose very names are a mysterious music to our ears.... It is remarkable that men do not sail the sea with more expectation. Nothing was ever accomplished in a prosaic mood.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“After all, crime is only a lefthanded form of human endeavor.”
—John Huston (1906–1987)