"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal."
— Art
January 1, 1970
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T. S. Eliot, in Philip Massinger, in The Sacred Wood (1920); also variously attributed to Philip Massinger, who is instead the subject, and to Lionel Trilling (Esquire, September 1962), who is quoting Eliot, and in the form.
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T. S. Eliot, in Philip Massinger, in The Sacred Wood (1920); also variously attributed to Philip Massinger, who is instead the subject, and to Lionel Trilling (Esquire, September 1962), who is quoting Eliot, and in the form.