It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.
Interpretation
Many people who claim to dislike poetry actually have poetic qualities and benefit from poetry in their lives without realizing it.
Orson F. Whitney suggests that even those who believe they do not appreciate poetry may actually possess a natural inclination towards it. He argues that poetry enriches their lives and contributes to their success, often in ways they do not consciously acknowledge. This reflects a deeper connection between creativity and practical achievements in life, highlighting the subtle influence of art on even the most pragmatic endeavors.
In practice
In a speech about creativity in the workplace, this quote can illustrate how artistic tendencies affect productivity.
We cannot judge fully of men's works by what we see, or what is said and thought of them; for man is prone to depreciate that which is really important, and to exact and extol what is trivial and of little worth. Many things which are hidden and unrecognized of human wisdom are nevertheless valuable and vitally important.
You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours - long before He entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as He loves them.
It is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven.
Today the arts exist in isolation, from which they can be rescued only through the conscious, cooperative effort of all craftsmen. Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an entity and in its separate parts.
For me, the most difficult piece is the one I'm about to make.
Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.
I spent my life folded between the pages of books._x000D_ In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.
I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.
I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one.
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