“Poetry is a river; many voices travel in it; poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the river waves. None is timeless; each arrives in an historical context; almost everything, in the end, passes. But the desire to make a poem, and the world's willingness to receive it--indeed the world's need of it--these never pass.” WorldNeedsEndsMovingDesirePoetryFallVoiceRiversExcitingHistoricalWavePoetry IsWillingnessTimelessHistorical Context Book:A Poetry Handbook Source: A Poetry Handbook
“An improper art aims at exciting in the way of comedy the feeling of desire but the feeling which is proper to comic art is the feeling of joy.” WayArtFeelingsJoyDesireComedyArt IsExcitingAimComicAestheticsComic Art Book:Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing Source: Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing
“I don't have the desire that I think a lot of performers feel - to get the applause. It's not life or death for me. I love it and it's exciting, but it's not something I crave or miss, so I don't need to perform; I don't have that desire. I like to sing, and I love doing what I'm doing, but it's not a dire need.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsDesireMissingExcitingPerformersCraveApplauseLife Or Death Author:Olivia Newton-John