Quote by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)

But all art is sensual and poetry particularly so. It is directly, that is, of the senses, and since the senses do not exist without an object for their employment all art is necessarily objective. It doesn't declaim or explain, it presents.

— William Carlos Williams. American poet (1883–1963)

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