With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born....

Who said "With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born.... "?

"With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born.... " is one of a famous quotes by Peter Abrahams. Complete quote is as follows;
"With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books."

What is "With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born.... "?

"With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books." This is a quote by Peter Abrahams which is about Dreams & Poetry. He is known to have been associated with numerous other thought provoking quotes on these topics like;

• Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.
• Every age has its own poetry in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.

What does "With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born.... " mean?

This quote is primarily about Poetry although it also includes other themes like Dreams & Poetry. It is attributed to Peter Abrahams. Complete quote is as follows;
"With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books."