The ambition of much of today's literary theory seems to be to find ways to read literature without imagination.

Charles Simic
Some Similar Quotes
  1. I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination. - John Keats

  2. Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. - Oscar Wilde

  3. Whether divine or human, it is precisely the imagination that fashions and recognizes the universe as meaningful, abiding, and valuable, that is to say, as real. - William K. Mahony

  4. Shadows only come to life in our imaginations. Unfortunately for me, I've got a very vivid imagination. - Anthony T. Hincks

  5. Truth is a matter of the imagination. - Unknown

More Quotes By Charles Simic
  1. A true confession: I believe in a soluble fish.

  2. One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

  3. Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.

  4. In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street.

  5. Poetry is an orphan of silence.

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