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“Every time somebody writes a theory about where literature's going, that person is not only contributing thought but nudging things to happen in one way or the other. Just as in painting, there's much more interest in the American scene painters and the early American... like the Ashcan school of painters. Who would have thought, 50 years ago, that Norman Rockwell would again be considered a serious painter? And yet, there are a lot of people who are saying Rockwell was a very accomplished technician. These things are constantly moving.”

Quote by Ted Kooser

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Ted Kooser

Ted Kooser is a renowned American poet, born on April 25, 1939. His poetry is known for its simplicity and directness, which has earned him a wide readership. Kooser served as the Poet Laureate of the United States and has won numerous literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993. more

“When I was a kid, I suppose I got more praise for being able to draw things and paint things than I did for my little amateur poems I was writing. But the thing that I'm trying to do with my painting is that I'm trying to keep it in the realm of pleasure. I don't show my work, I don't try to sell it.”

Writing Trying Kids Pleasure Painting Praise Paint

Author:Ted Kooser

“Somebody comes to my house and admires what I've done, sometimes I just give it to them. Because I don't want to get it all tied up in all that professional stuff because I have to do that as a writer. I don't need that. I need something like painting, where I can just play.”

Giving Sometimes Done House Painting Admire Tied Up

Author:Ted Kooser

“One movement that I find interesting - this is not a movement in poetry necessarily, but there's a movement on a lot of campuses now called eco - criticism. It's a body of theory based on how nature is treated in literary works. That sort of interests me.”

Interest Interesting Criticism

Author:Ted Kooser

“If you can find two poems in a book, it could be a pretty good book for you. You know, two poems you really like. There are some poets who are fairly big names in contemporary poetry and who write a book and I might like three or four poems in the book, but the rest of them don't appeal to me personally; but I think that's the way it really ought to be. I think it's really a rare thing to like everything that somebody has written.”

Thinking Writing Book Poet Good Book

Author:Ted Kooser