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Quote by Joy Kogawa

“Poetry is a kind of gasp, and there it is, a spark on the page. Fiction, on the other hand, is like swamp fire.”

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Joy Kogawa is a Canadian poet born on June 6, 1935. Her work is deeply influenced by her personal experiences, particularly her internment in Japanese Canadian internment camps during World War II. more

“My paint is like a rocket, which describes its own space. I try to make the impossible possible. What is happening I cannot foresee, it is a surprise. Painting, like passion, is an emotion full of truth and rings a living sound, like the roar coming from the lion's breast. To paint is to destroy what preceded. I never try to make a painting, but a chunk of life. It is a scream; it is a night; it is like a child; it is a tiger behind bars.”

Trying Children Night Passion Sound Space Emotion Behinds Impossible Painting Happenings Surprise Paint Rings Bars Breasts Lions Scream Tigers Rockets Chunks

Author:Karel Appel

“I am attracted to ellipsis, to the unsaid, to suggestion, to eloquent, deliberate silence. The unsaid, for me, exerts great power: often I wish an entire poem could be made in this vocabulary. It is analogous to the unseen.”

Made Wish Silence Suggestions Unseen Vocabulary Deliberate Eloquent Great Power Unsaid

Author:Louise Glück

“Beauty and seriousness are perhaps the most shocking tactics left to artists these days.”

Artist Left These Days Shocking Tactics Seriousness

Author:Grayson Perry

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