The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.
In plain words
A poet never stops seeing the world the way a child sees it, fresh, surprising, and new.
Where these words come from
- 45% sureLots of sources credit Anaïs Nin with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Only found sourced to French Writers of the Past (2000) by Carol A. Dingle — a posthumous quote-compilation (Nin died 1977), not a primary Nin work. Held at likely per the posthumous-compilation rule.
- French Writers of the Past (2000, comp. Carol A. Dingle)
- undated (compiled 2000) · on the poet's way of seeing the world
