“"Work" does not exist in a nonliterate world. The primitive hunter or fisherman did no work, any more than does the poet, painter, or thinker of today. Where the whole man is involved there is no work.” MenWorldDoeWholeTodayPoetInvolvedPainterThinkerPrimitiveHuntersFisherman Book:Understanding media: the extensions of man Source: Understanding media: the extensions of man
“The way to become a poet is to read poetry and to imitate what you read and to read passionately and widely and in as involved a way as you can.” WayPoetInvolved Author:Edward Hirsch
“If you look at the recent Nobel Prize winners, one couldn't say that the work didn't matter and the political commitment did. Who had ever heard of the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz? He is not politically involved. Octavio Paz is a great poet, also not politically involved. The Nobel Prize is for literature, for the quality of work over the years.” IfsYearsLooksMatterPoliticalLiteratureQualityHeardPoetInvolvedCommitmentWinnerPrizeNobelNobel PrizeEgyptianGreat PoetQuality WorkNobel Prize Winners Author:Nadine Gordimer