“There are some people whom we envy not because they are rich or handsome or successful, although they may be all or any of these, but because everything they are or do seems to be all of a piece, so that even if they wanted to they could not be or do otherwise.” PeopleIfsMaySeemsWantedSuccessSuccessfulRichPiecesEnvyHandsome Book:Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters Source: Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters
“The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.” ArtHardSeemsLostLossCuttingMastersLosingFilledDisasterSunsetYour Loss Book:Poems Source: Poems
“What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful, perfectly useless concentration.” WantArtSelfSeemsCreationUselessConcentrationForgetful Author:Elizabeth Bishop
“Ports are necessities, like postage stamps or soap, but they seldom seem to care what impressions they make.” SeemsCareImpressionSailingStampsSoapPortPostagePostage Stamps Book:Poems Source: Poems
