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" In prose too much seems superfluous to me, in poetry (genuine) everything is necessary. Given my attraction to asceticism of the prosaic word, I could end up with a skeleton.

In poetry- there's a certain innate measure of flesh: less is impossible. "

Marina Tsvetaeva , Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917–1922


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Marina Tsvetaeva quote : In prose too much seems superfluous to me, in poetry (genuine) everything is necessary. Given my attraction to asceticism of the prosaic word, I could end up with a skeleton.<br /><br />In poetry- there's a certain innate measure of flesh: less is impossible.