Robert Graves Quotes

Robert Graves — Irish Novelist born on July 26, 1895, died on December 07, 1985

Robert von Ranke Graves was an English poet, novelist, critic and classicist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works. Graves's poems—together with his translations and innovative analysis and interpretations of the Greek myths; his memoir of his early life, including his role in the First World War, Good-Bye to All That; and his speculative study of poetic inspiration, The White Goddess—have never been out of print... (wikipedia)

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure.

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.