More From Charlie Chaplin
- "I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose."
- "To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune."
- "Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
More In Poetry
- "I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator."― Allen Ginsberg
- "When you’re looking that far out, you’re giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn’t need translation. It’s like poetry, it touches you."― Story Musgrave
- "Well – I started writing – probably in the early 60s and by say ’65-’66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published – certainly in the 20 years prior to that."― Robert Adamson