T. S. Eliot

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#find #go #going #how #how far

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#before #communicate #genuine #understood

Humankind cannot bear very much reality. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#cannot #humankind #much #reality #very

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are? ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#head #how #know #over #tall

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#failed #most #some #writers

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#i #life #measured #my life #out

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#immature #mature #poets #steal

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#discovers #first #last #put #thing

There is no method but to be very intelligent. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#intelligent #method #very

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#continual #extinction #personality #progress #self-sacrifice