![Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UGBAo6rKg_o/X0bGxUumbfI/AAAAAAAAC9M/WEZ0eAyhXpUvRJK8FzpfqdZx_I643QQiACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/immature-poets-imitate-mature-poets-steal-quotes-by-t-s-eliot-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-poetry.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: T. S. Eliot
![Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UGBAo6rKg_o/X0bGxUumbfI/AAAAAAAAC9M/WEZ0eAyhXpUvRJK8FzpfqdZx_I643QQiACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/immature-poets-imitate-mature-poets-steal-quotes-by-t-s-eliot-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-poetry.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pbhloW-Pm_c/X1tnmptvf_I/AAAAAAAAGhg/3bhj8IiiORYclVBGfA-vV-1WkofIaEwAgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/genuine-poetry-can-communicate-before-it-is-understood.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
![I will show you fear in a handful of dust.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7rcXYoTlsxQ/X0bIMgBvXwI/AAAAAAAADnc/77gbOUikWKkqBED2Q7Q3IjLrIp_5XRQowCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/i-will-show-you-fear-in-a-handful-of-dust-quotes-by-t-s-eliot-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-fear.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
![This love is silent.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fWfAfVrVSgc/X0bQEkIVpOI/AAAAAAAAE2Q/_7w2YXqMff4by1bjB4ZlqiMlIf1wgTtggCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/this-love-is-silent-quotes-by-t-s-eliot-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-love.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
This love is silent.
![Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hi3QrkWqbsE/X1t8D-IfK6I/AAAAAAAAJUI/sxeLeyQALxIzgNkPlb7xHbp9abT9McN4ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/sometimes-things-become-possible-if-we-want-them-bad-enough.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
![This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sQtZ5R6_qO4/X1uL7tP0X3I/AAAAAAAAKwM/w39p9WomTBcoRSK91Jlf7CKF8kucZ_E9ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/this-is-the-way-the-world-endsnot-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.
![You are the music while the music lasts.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SzbyUGP-Jwc/X0bSQWmTCHI/AAAAAAAAFP4/Ro4zkhPSHSkyZ8574YJ6_8pNe4L5ociFQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2auf-gU/w750-h750-p/you-are-the-music-while-the-music-lasts-quotes-by-t-s-eliot-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-music.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You are the music while the music lasts.
![Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--rj2EAEs1hY/X1tdcGupwYI/AAAAAAAAFlw/wyx98XKah0UHaCJM8BgasRsKi-7ntBMNQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/anxiety-is-the-handmaiden-of-creativity.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
![The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BaLxAjVUefo/X1uKTofijlI/AAAAAAAAKcU/v9zQ18oHcTMcsQoWaX54zGZ4ZwUBhJvwQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-purpose-of-literature-is-to-turn-blood-into-ink.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
![Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dcuQNoBmYOc/X1ts6q2nsrI/AAAAAAAAHgE/x98EZX6vW5sfxrGne2p3ZWFqx-_Oo8KowCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/immature-poets-imitate-mature-poets-steal.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
![LightLightThe visible reminder of Invisible Light.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CCETZu9gPQk/X1t03DwVhyI/AAAAAAAAIOY/wa8fJy7kIiEj-5nuBSNwoJ1G5juW1_b2wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/lightlightthe-visible-reminder-of-invisible-light.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
LightLightThe visible reminder of Invisible Light.
![Humor is also a way of saying something serious.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ax4sGNLHuzo/X1to1yqWUII/AAAAAAAAG2E/va41n1KFGoEKBFuYN73_Uhnob52OKOuAgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/humor-is-also-a-way-of-saying-something-serious.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)