| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Stedman |
| | | A poet must sing for his own people. | 1 |
| Every man as an individual is secondary to what he is as a worker for the progress of his kind and the glory of the gift allotted to him. | 2 |
| Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song. | 3 |
| Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting. | 4 |
| Genius does not need a special language; it newly uses whatever tongue it finds. | 5 |
| Genius is always consistent when most audacious. | 6 |
| Poetry is a spirit, not disembodied, but in the flesh, so as to affect the senses of living men. | 7 |
| Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, and the hardest in which to reach true excellence. | 8 |
| There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter. The essence of an artist is that he should be articulate. | 9 | | |
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