“Poetry, the most concentrated form of literature, gives so much in small space, and hence survives more vitally than other forms.”

On the enduring power of poetry · Interview, 1932

• Concentration
• Endurance
• Poetry

“A poem is a thought caught in a mood.”

Suggesting that poetry unites reflection with a transient emotional atmosphere · Prose remark, commonly attributed to Alfred Noyes

• Art
• Beauty
• Poetry

“Science has accomplished marvels for the material comforts of mankind, but it has been divorced from philosophy and it has misled the world by suggesting that the greater values can be produced by the less.”

On the spiritual poverty of materialism · Speech, Conference of Universities, 1933

• Philosophy
• Science
• Values