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Top 8 I. A. Richards Quotes (2025 Update)

I. A. Richards Quote: “A book is a machine to think with.”

1. “A book is a machine to think with.”

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I. A. Richards Quote: “We believe a scientist because he can substantiate his remarks, not because he is eloquent and forcible in his enunciation. In fact, we distrust him when he seems to be influencing us by his manner.”

2. “We believe a scientist because he can substantiate his remarks, not because he is eloquent and forcible in his enunciation. In fact, we distrust him when he seems to be influencing us by his manner.”

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I. A. Richards Quote: “It is never what a poem says that matters, but what it is.”

3. “It is never what a poem says that matters, but what it is.”

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I. A. Richards Quote: “Poetry is a perfectly reasonable means of overcoming chaos.”

4. “Poetry is a perfectly reasonable means of overcoming chaos.”

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I. A. Richards Quote: “We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must use certain meanings or definitions. But no definition has any authority apart from a purpose, or to bar us from other purposes.”

5. “We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must use certain meanings or definitions. But no definition has any authority apart from a purpose, or to bar us from other purposes.”

— I. A. Richards

I. A. Richards Quote: “In the simplest formulation, when we use a metaphor we have two thoughts of different things active together and supported by a single word, or phrase, whose meaning is a resultant of their interaction.”

6. “In the simplest formulation, when we use a metaphor we have two thoughts of different things active together and supported by a single word, or phrase, whose meaning is a resultant of their interaction.”

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I. A. Richards Quote: “Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom.”

7. “Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom.”

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I. A. Richards Quote: “Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.”

8. “Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.”

— I. A. Richards

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