“If what you want to do is make good art, decide whats good and try to imitate it.” IfsWantTryingArtWhat You WantGood Art Author:Robert Pinsky
“A sentence is like a tune. A memorable sentence gives its emotion a melodic shape. You want to hear it again, say it—in a way, to hum it to yourself. You desire, if only in the sound studio of your imagination, to repeat the physical experience of that sentence. That craving, emotional and intellectual but beginning in the body with a certain gesture of sound, is near the heart of poetry.” IfsWayWantGivingHeartBodyDesireCertainSoundImaginationEmotionEmotionalShapesIntellectualStudiosSentencesMemorableRepeatsTunesGesturesCraving Author:Robert Pinsky
“Whatever makes a child want to glue macaroni on a paper plate and paint the assemblage and see it on the refrigerator - that has always been strong in me.” WantChildrenStrongPaperPaintPlatesGlueRefrigeratorsAssemblageMacaroni Author:Robert Pinsky