Soutar Quotes & Sayings

Not a single other creature in all the history of the world has been just as ourselves. Not another will be like us. — William Soutar

My life's purpose is to write poetry - but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men. — William Soutar

Art is for all - and the greatest art proves it. — William Soutar

The word fate ... is the refuge of every self-confessed failure. — Andrew Soutar

I will ignore all ideas for new works and engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvement I see no further hope. — Frontinus

I bleed myself to be your drink:
Is not the blood of poets - ink? — William Soutar

If you think that growth means perfection, let me assure you, it does not! You do not need to be perfect; instead, strive to be honest, admit to failures, learn to ask for and to give forgiveness, love and allow yourself to be loved. Accept and even celebrate differences in others; their "No Excuses" mindsets may look and function a bit differently than yours, but that is okay! — Farshad Asl

The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no book can be understood if it is taken at the wrong speed. — Mark Van Doren

Surely our language is the image of our soul — William Soutar

There was also the fact that sending a penniless writer to get $135 worth of beer was - as Khrushchev said of Nixon - 'like sending a goat to tend the cabbage'. — Hunter S. Thompson

A diary is an assassin's cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen. — William Soutar

16Better to have little, with fear for the LORD, than to have great treasure and inner turmoil. — Anonymous

Mirror is the page / no one can turn. — Ricardo Pau-Llosa