John Keating: We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

존 키팅 : 멋지기 때문에 시를 읽고 쓰는 게 아냐. 인류 일원이기 때문에 읽고 쓴다. 그리고 인류는 열정으로 가득 차 있지. 의학, 법, 사업, 공학, 이것들은 숭고한 추구고 삶을 유지하는 데 필요하지. 하지만 시, 아름다움, 련애, 사랑, 이런 것들은 살아가는 까닭이지. 휘트먼을 인용하면, 오 나여! 오 삶이여! ......

Arvo Pärt- Spiegel im Spiegel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6Mzvh3XCc