How we cite our quotes: (Book Title.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"'I shall sing that first line twice, and perhaps if I sing it very quickly, I shall find myself singing the third and fourth lines before I have time to think of them, and that will be a Good Song.'" (Winnie-the-Pooh.8.3)
You know how your teachers always told you to get over writer's block by just writing something, to get the juices flowing? Pooh agrees.
Quote #5
"And that's the whole poem," he said. "Do you like it, Piglet?"
"All except the shillings," said Piglet. "I don't think they ought to be there."
"They wanted to come in after the pounds," explained Pooh, "so I let them. It is the best way to write poetry, letting things come." (House.2.115-117)
Occasionally Pooh will state pieces of his poetic manifesto. It's a simplified version of a pretty unique aesthetic theory, that the author is more like a vessel through which the art itself flows.
Quote #6
Written down, like this, it doesn't seem a very good song, but coming through pale fawn fluff at about half-past eleven on a very sunny morning, it seemed to Pooh to be one of the best songs he had ever sung. So he went on singing it. (House.4.20)
Context! Milne straight out admits that this isn't his best work, and that's the point. Because Pooh's artwork is based on moments of inspiration, the context in which it's written (and how it's recited) is an essential part of its quality.