"To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession."
Quotes by Robert Graves
"There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either."
"When the immense drugged universe explodes In a cascade of unendurable colour And leaves us gasping naked, This is no more than the ectasy of chaos: Hold fast, with both hands, to that royal love Which alone, as we know certainly, restores Fragmentation into true being. Ecstasy of Chaos"
Robert GravesRobert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they...
