You don't have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
Quotes By John Ciardi
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What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns...
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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young the...
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Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.
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A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into...
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Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal with...
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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish...
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Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade...
Quotes About Poetry
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He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to...
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Poetry asks people to have values form opinions care about some other part...
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For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly...
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I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good...
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All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently link by link with sweat and...
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I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
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Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science.