Poetry must be as new as foam, and as old as the rock. Auteur: Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Quote More from Ralph Waldo Emerson “A sufficient and sure method of civilization is in the influence of good women.” “Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. When …” “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn” “In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts.”