Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but the…

Rollo May
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Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line. ✨ Rollo May (1994). The Courage to Create, p.69, W. W. Norton & Company
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