“It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.” EasyOpinionPositionPoetSpeechEssenceChaosAdvertisingCaptureFree Speech Author:Bill Vaughan
“Bertolucci is extraordinary in his ability to perceive, he's a poet...he is very easy to work for.” EasyAbilityPoetExtraordinaryPerceive Author:Marlon Brando
“if you think it so easy to be a critic, so difficult to be a poet or a painter or film experimenter, may I suggest you try both? You may discover why there are so few critics, so many poets.” IfsThinkingTryingMayFilmEasyDifficultPoetCriticsPainter Book:For Keeps Source: For Keeps
“Revolution is a bitter thing, mixed with filth and blood, not as lovely or perfect as the poets think. It is eminently down to earth, involving many humble, tiresome tasks, not so romantic as the poets think... . So it is easy for all who have romantic dreams about revolution to become disillusioned on closer acquaintance, when a revolution is actually carried out.” ThinkingDreamEarthEasyPerfectBloodPoetRevolutionTasksHumbleLovelyBitterAcquaintanceInvolvingDown To EarthFilthDisillusionedTiresome Author:Lu Xun
“Cats are to dogs what modern people are to the people we used to have. Cats are slimmer, cleaner, more attractive, disloyal, and lazy. It's easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite poet. People like poets to possess the same qualities they do.” PeopleAmericaUsedEasyQualityModernDogPoetCatAttractiveLazyCleanersDisloyalModern America Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“My advice to all young people who wish to become poets is: do something easy, like learning how to blow up the world - unless you're not only willing, but glad, to feel and work and fight till you die.” PeopleWorldFeelsYoungDiesFightingWishEasyAdviceWillingPoetBlowGlad Author:e. e. cummings
“I think a lot of American poets are swimming-pool Soviets. A lot of them have taken the comfortable, self-protective route too often. I know that I certainly have. That's easy to do.” ThinkingKnowsSelfEasyTakenPoetComfortableSwimmingPoolRoutesProtectiveSwimming Pool Author:Sam Hamill