Famous quotes containing the words poetic and/or language:
“Metaphysics abstracts the mind from the senses, and the poetic faculty must submerge the whole mind in the senses. Metaphysics soars up to universals, and the poetic faculty must plunge deep into particulars.”
—Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)
“Consensus is usually made possible by vague language and shallow commitments.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)