A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.
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"A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away." — Ivan Turgenev
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A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away. — Ivan Turgenev
About Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev was a Novelist from Russian Empire (1818–1883).
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Who said "A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the ro…"?
This quote is attributed to Ivan Turgenev, a Novelist from Russian Empire.
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Ivan Turgenev lived from 1818 – 1883.