Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see many cities, men, and things, one must know the animals feel how birds fly, and know the gesture with which the little flowers open in the morning.
Interpretation
Verses represent deep experiences rather than just feelings; they require rich life experiences to create.
Rainer Maria Rilke emphasizes that poetry and verses are born from profound experiences gained through living fully and observing the world. Unlike mere feelings, which may arise spontaneously, true artistic expression necessitates a deep understanding of various aspects of life, including nature, human interactions, and even the subtleties of different creatures and their behaviors.
In practice
In a lecture about the importance of experiencing life for creativity, one might quote Rilke to illustrate the connection between lived experience and artistic expression.
Spring has again returned. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Earth is like a child that knows many poems._x000D_ _x000D_ Many, O so many. For the hardship_x000D_ _x000D_ of such long learning she receives the prize._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Strict was her teacher. _x000D_ _x000D_ The white in the old man's beard pleases us._x000D_ _x000D_ Now, what to call green, to call blue,_x000D_ _x000D_ we dare to ask: She knows, She knows!
a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude
He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
The only journey is the one within.
And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been
Again and again in history some people wake up. They have no ground in the crowd and move to broader deeper laws. They carry strange customs with them and demand room for bold and audacious action. The future speaks ruthlessly through them. They change the world.
Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.
It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done.
Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.
With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.
The vast majority of writers out there, they finish their books and no one cares whether their book is late or ever comes out at all. And then it comes out and two reviews are published and it sells 12 copies.
I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they were actors and they acted out this story and just thinking that was the most fantastic notion, and that's what I want to do.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.