“I write a book of poems and then the characters won't go away so I write a play from that.” Quote by Grace Cavalieri
“Public work does not cut into personal creativity. They are streams from the same river but with different destinations.” DoeDifferentCreativityCuttingRiversStreamsDestination Author:Grace Cavalieri
“I get a huge energy transfusion from listening to poets read their works.” EnergyPoetHugeListening Author:Grace Cavalieri
“If anything, hearing another poet is a sacred experience I enter, but I can honestly say this does not influence my own work.” IfsDoeI CanMy OwnInfluencePoetSacredHearingHonestly Author:Grace Cavalieri
“I am a product of the "Hippie" theater movement of the '60s.” MovementProductsTheaterHippie Author:Grace Cavalieri
“Personally there is first: imagination; second: the act of writing - and third: the act/act of vocalizing.” WritingFirstsImaginationThirds Author:Anne Waldman
“Our need to reimagine our world through the vibratory larynx, that's what matters. Re-awaken the world to itself. Through ideas, pictures, sounds. Hold the mirror up to "nature."” WorldNeedsIdeasMatterSoundMirrorsOur WorldWhat Matters Author:Anne Waldman
“There are energies that reside in each phone and phoneme. And we can release them. And it can be grand and vast and you can create a realm where you can dwell for a while. Where things are perfect symbols of themselves, no manipulation. And that connects to me to the Buddhist view. From that perspective we can wake up on the spot, be conscious of our world, think of others.” ThinkingWorldEnergyPerfectViewsPerspectiveConsciousWake UpPhonesSpotsReleaseSymbolsBuddhistRealmsManipulationOur World Author:Anne Waldman
“There are energies that reside in each phone and phoneme. And we can release them.” EnergyPhonesRelease Author:Anne Waldman
“Myths, by their definition, involve transformations, struggles through various worlds or layers of reality and of obscuration.” WorldRealityStruggleTransformationDefinitionsVariousMythLayers Author:Anne Waldman
“For me poems are acts re-done, and that can vibrate well into the future.” WellsDoneVibrate Author:Anne Waldman