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This book compiles a series of lectures that delve into a wide range of topics, offering insights and discussions on diverse subjects.
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“I remember being so young I thought all artists were famous.”
“Art has always been aware of itself as art.”
“A poem is a neutrino - mainly nothing - it has no mass and can pass through the earth undetected.”
“A poem is a finished work of the mind, it is not the work of a finished mind.”
“Words have a love for each other, a desire that culminates in poetry.”
“Poetry is sentimental to begin with. To write a sentimental poem is an act of redundancy.”
“Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event.”
“People, the people we really love, where did they come from? What did we do to deserve them?”
“Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time.”
“In the end I would rather wonder than know”
“We are all one question, and the best answer seems to be love—a connection between things.”
“It is not what a poem says with its mouth, it’s what a poem does with its eyes.”