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Quote by Francesco Clemente

“Fashion is the pursuit of perfection, Style is the acceptance of one's flaws.”

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Francesco Clemente is an Italian artist known for his unique painting style and the fusion of Eastern philosophy with Western art. His works often contain strong emotions and personal symbolism, which are highly appreciated by audiences. more

“So much of what I love about poetry lies in the vast possibilities of voice, the spectacular range of idiosyncratic flavors that can be embedded in a particular human voice reporting from the field. One beautiful axis of voice is the one that runs between vulnerability and detachment, between 'It hurts to be alive' and 'I can see a million miles from here.' A good poetic voice can do both at once.”

“When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral vision of my memories. She is off to one side, always off to one side, with a book, with a scheme or a project or an enterprise.”

Book Seems Sides Memories Vision Childhood Projects Core Enterprise Schemes Cousin Lucy My Cousin Peripheral Vision

Author:Martin Amis

“One way poetry connects is across time. . . . Some echo of a writer's physical experience comes into us when we read her poem.”

Way One Way Echoes

Author:Jane Hirshfield

“As this life is not a gate, but the horse plunging through it.”

Life Is Horse This Life Gates

Book:Come, Thief: Poems

Source: Come, Thief: Poems

Quote by Francesco Clemente

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