John Ciardi's Quotes

John Ciardi's Quotes 9

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns...

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for...

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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young the...

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

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...

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade...