Any teacher can study books, but books do not necessarily bring wisdom, nor that human insight essential to consummate teaching skills.

- Bliss Perry

But ah, to fish with a worm, and then not catch your fish! To fail with a fly is no disgrace: your art may have been impeccable, your patience faultl…

- Bliss Perry

... the radical deficiency of imagist verse, as such, is in its lack of general ideas. Much of it might have been written by an infinitely sensitive …

- Bliss Perry