Folktale Quotes

I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems to be leading me on. (Robin McKinley)
Shall I now ask these palette-slaves what poetry means, and in how many forms it appears to us? They want to chain her [poetry], just as they are tied up themselves to their master's palette, [or] to some part of the sacred history.... to a folktale.... a miraculous landscape.... or other pompous imaginations. View quote
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek