“The aim of the poet, or other artist, is first to make something; and it's impossible to make something out of words and not communicate”
Quote by James Schuyler
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James Schuyler
James Schuyler was an American poet known for his unique style and profound depictions of natural landscapes. His work often set in and around New York City, blending elements of surrealism and modernism. more
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“It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing”
Source: Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991
“I do not usually revise much, though I often cut, particularly the end or toward the end of a poem”
Source: Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991
“One tends to write beyond what's needed”
Source: Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991
Source: Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991
Source: Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991
Source: On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-1978
“How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons.”
Source: Collected Poems: 1950-2012
Source: Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution
“The moment when a feeling enters the body/ is political. This touch is political”
Source: What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)