“Maybe poets express more directly a sense of sympathy for other human beings. Painting is a little bit more of a retreat from human beings in real life; painting is more about the extreme moments when speech doesn't help anymore.” HumansLittlesRealMomentsHelpingBitsHuman BeingsPaintingPoetSpeechLittle BitExtremesReal LifeRetreatPain In Life Author:Francesco Clemente
“Reading one's own poems aloud is letting the cat out of the bag. You may have always suspected bits of a poem to be overweighted, overviolent, or daft, and then, suddenly, with the poet's tongue around them, your suspicion is made certain.” MayMadeCertainReadingBitsPoetCatTongueBagsSuspicionDaft Author:Dylan Thomas
“Ted Hughes has been appointed poet laureate to succeed Sir John Betjeman, which is a bit like appointing a grim young crow to replace a cuddly old teddy bear.” Has BeensYoungBitsPoetBearsSucceedCrowGrimTeddyTeddy Bear Author:Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel
“To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.” BitsSeeingPoetMusicianComedianReally Great Author:Dick Gregory
“The great thing about living until you get a bit older if you are a writer, and especially a poet, is that you have more life to reflect on. And I think that if I am better now - and I think that I am probably better than I was - is because that I simply have more to think about, more to get under control, more to understand.” IfsThinkingBitsPoetGreat ThingsBetter Now Author:Clive James
“I believe that Jesus was both priest and poet. Imagine those powerful parables! My experience as a priest tells me it's not possible to reach the hearts of the congregants without a bit of poetry and storytelling.” BelieveHeartJesusI BelieveBitsPowerfulImaginePoetStorytellingPriestsParables Author:Uwem Akpan
“I wanted to be a poet. I had a really romantic idea about what that would mean. My parents knew some poets, and I liked how they dressed and acted, but I didn't really acknowledge that I only liked reading some bits of poetry while I was peeing or something.” MeanIdeasWantedReadingBitsParentPoetAcknowledgeReally Romantic Author:Lena Dunham
“I think in terms of educating a group of readers, MFA programs are very good. I just think the model of MFA programs in which a young poet goes through the program, publishes a series of books, gets teaching jobs, that's a bit at risk.” ThinkingBookJobsYoungBitsTermRiskGroupsTeachingPoetReaderModelsProgramSeriesVery GoodPublish Author:Edward Hirsch
“Film relates to almost every other form of expression, but poetry is a bit abstract in its strength and sometimes even the white spaces on the page are evocative almost as much as where the text is. Certain poets have played with that.” SometimesFilmFormCertainBitsSpaceWhitePoetExpressionPagesRelateAbstractPoetry IsWhite Space Author:Jim Jarmusch
“As a poet, one lives a bit on air. I always like someone who can teach me something practical.” BitsTeachAirPoetPracticals Author:Sylvia Plath