A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then.
Pam Grier
God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word.
Walter Lang
I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible.
Marcus V. Pollio
I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
Patrice Leconte
I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.
Jeffery Deaver
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
Horace
Vigorous writing is concise.
William Strunk, Jr.
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
William Strunk, Jr.
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