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Quote by John Ashbery

“Part of the strength of Pollock and Rothko's art, in fact, is this doubt as to whether art may be there at all.”

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John Ashbery is an influential American poet born on July 28, 1927. Known for his innovative poetry style and rich imagination, his work has had a profound impact on postmodern poetry. more

“The immediate success of the war poem anthologies ... proved that the war had aroused in a new public an ear for contemporary verse ... There has never before, in the world's history, been an epoch which has tolerated and even welcomed such a flood of verse as has been poured forth over Great Britain during the last three years.”

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Author:Edmund Gosse

“Good poetry does undoubtedly tend to form the soul and character; it tends to beget a love of beauty and of truth in alliance together, it suggests, however indirectly, high and noble principles of action, and it inspires the emotion so helpful in making principles operative.”

Doe Soul Character Action Together Form Poetry Literature Emotion Principles Inspire Noble Helpful Alliances Begets Good Poetry

Book:Matthew Arnold on education

Source: Matthew Arnold on education

“Increasingly, those who used to teach and write critical or theoretical texts are writing fiction, poetry and so on; and kinds of texts are being produced that call for budding readers rather different from those who studied literature in the past.”

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Author:Nicholas Royle

“Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry.”

Stories Poetry Literature Contemporary Short Story Verses

Book:Feeling as a Foreign Language: The Good Strangeness of Poetry

Source: Feeling as a Foreign Language: The Good Strangeness of Poetry

“I've learned that my readings of others' work often has little connection to their intentions. This doesn't mean that my response is wrong, and it doesn't make the author's views less right. Poets, like their poems, are "hopeful monsters".”

Mean Littles Poetry Reading Literature Views Poet Connections Intention Response Monsters I've Learned Hopeful

Book:Feeling as a Foreign Language: The Good Strangeness of Poetry

Source: Feeling as a Foreign Language: The Good Strangeness of Poetry

“A child playing with dolls may shed heartfelt tears when his bundle of rags and scraps becomes deathly ill and dies ... So we may come to an understanding of language as playing with dolls: in language, scraps of sound are used to make dolls and replace all the things in the world.”

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Author:Velimir Khlebnikov

“To do a poem justice, explain what makes it unique; to get a poem noticed, explain what makes it typical.”

Poetry Literature Justice Unique Typical

Author:Stephen Burt

“Almost any poem has to be read twice, first for strangeness, second for clarity.”

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Author:Peter J. Daniels

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