Keats and Levine

Aphorism Twenty-two: “Strengthen your ‘poetry’ by direct contact with experience!”

Full quote: “His aim was to see more of the world so that he could strengthen his poetry with direct contact with experience.” From The Essential Keats selected by Philip Levine. Galahad Books, NY. 1993, p. 6.

Aphorism Twenty-three: “Periodically refresh belief in the value of art!”

Full quote: “He remains a wellspring to which all of us might go to refresh our belief in the value of this art.” p. 9

Aphorism Twenty-four: “The poetry of earth is never dead!”

Full quote: “On the Grasshopper and Cricket—The poetry of earth is never dead:”

Aphorism 25: “A thing of beauty is a joy forever!”

Full Quote: “From Endymion—A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.”