Allen Tate Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.”

“The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem.”

“The Spring I seek is in a new face only.”

“We know the particular poem, not what it says that we can restate.”

“A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all.”

“At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.”