Babette Deutsch (September 22, 1895 – November 13, 1982) was an American poet, critic, translator, and novelist.
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“The poet ... like the lover ... is a person unable to reconcile what he knows with what he feels. His peculiarity is that he is under a certain compulsion to do so.”
—Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)
“The poet who speaks out of the deepest instincts of man will be heard. The poet who creates a myth beyond the power of man to realize is gagged at the peril of the group that binds him. He is the true revolutionary: he builds a new world.”
—Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)
“Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success.”
—Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)
“Music proposes. Sound disposes.”
—Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)