• For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is there they use a telescope upon the horizon to see where it came from.

  Allen Tate
  American poet and essayist 1899-1979
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. telescope
2. horizon
3. before
4. object
5. under
6. noses

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For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is there they use a telescope upon the horizon to see where it came from. by : Allen Tate

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