“Film relates to almost every other form of expression, but poetry is a bit abstract in its strength and sometimes even the white spaces on the page are evocative almost as much as where the text is. Certain poets have played with that.” SometimesFilmFormCertainBitsSpaceWhitePoetExpressionPagesRelateAbstractPoetry IsWhite Space Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I had this idea for a long time to make a film about a poet in Paterson named Patterson. I wanted him to be working class. Eventually I thought a bus was a perfect visual way to move him, to drift him through the city, to have a measured kind of routine lifestyle. And all these things kind of congealed into the film "Paterson" eventually.” WayKindLongIdeasWantedFilmMovingPerfectCitiesClassPoetLong TimeLifestyleVisualsRoutineBusWorking Class Author:Jim Jarmusch
“[Kenneth Koch] taught us to be playful, to be very appreciative of other poets, to appreciate all forms of expression. He taught us to be experimental.” FormTaughtPoetExpressionAppreciateTaught UsAppreciativeKenneth Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I love John Ashbery. He's the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he's given that or not, he is to me.” LanguageGivenPoetEnglish Language Author:Jim Jarmusch
“A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published.” FirstsBookSocialAcceptancePoetMarginsBlakeSocial Acceptance Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Jim Jarmusch: Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision.” WayCertainLanguageVisionPoet Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way.” ThinkingWayPoetryPoetVisionariesOutlaw Author:Jim Jarmusch
