Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an
escape
from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from
these things.
T. S. EliotTwo things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not
sure about the the universe. --Albert EinsteinIf the colleges were better, if they really had it, you would need to get the police at the gates to keep order in the
inrushing multitude. See in college how we thwart the natural love of learning by leaving the natural method of teaching
what each wishes to learn, and insisting that you shall learn what you have no taste or capacity for. The college, which
should be a place of delightful labor, is made odious and unhealthy, and the young men are tempted to frivolous amusements
to rally their jaded spirits. I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by
awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructor accomplishes this by opening to his pupils precisely the
attractions the study has for himself. The marking is a system for schools, not for the college; for boys, not for men; and
it is an ungracious work to put on a professor. -- Ralph Waldo EmersonPoetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an
escape
from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from
these things.
T. S. Eliot