Question

What does Eliot mean when he says,"the more perfect the artist,the more completely separate in him will be the man who suffers and the mind which creates"?How does it differ the romantic idea of Wordsworth?​

Answer 1

“The more perfect the artist,” Eliot insists, “the more completely separate in him will be the man who suffers and the mind which creates; the more perfectly will the mind digest and transmute the passions which are its material.” This is the creative license that makes imaginative literature possible.