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Poem Quotes

You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you’re merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that’s always easiest Picture Quote #1

When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice Picture Quote #1

The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication Picture Quote #1

I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I wanted to be a poem Picture Quote #1

The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later Picture Quote #1

One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent Picture Quote #1

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Abstract understanding doesn’t mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery rather that obvious description. Like a good poem, a good abstraction attacks your feelings before your understanding. Abstraction within realism adds zest and excitement to otherwise dull subject matter. Abstract understanding takes time and patience Picture Quote #1

A collection of plants is not a landscape, any more than a list of choice words is a poem. The merit is in the design, not the material it is expressed in, and the best designs, like the best poems, make ordinary material significant by its arrangement Picture Quote #1

Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m sick of this poem, you probably are too Picture Quote #1

In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment Picture Quote #1

Each delicately and fiercely imaged poem is a tribute to perseverence and survival and a lesson for us all Picture Quote #1

For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were being asked an inescapable question by an angel with whom I must wrestle to get at the answer Picture Quote #1

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A suicide is both a rebuke to the living and a puzzle that defies them to solve it. Like a poem, suicide is finished and refuses to answer questions as to its final cause Picture Quote #1

One thing that I believe is that every time I write something, I am taking the time to celebrate. Even if I am writing a sad story or an angry poem, I am still giving those stories my time and attention Picture Quote #1

When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem Picture Quote #1

I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem Picture Quote #1

For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem Picture Quote #1

What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them Picture Quote #1

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My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. … it filled me with soul satisfying joy Picture Quote #1

Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet Picture Quote #1

A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is: when I speak of writing, what comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or literary tradition, it is a person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and alone, turns inward; amid its shadows, he builds a new world with words Picture Quote #1

A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season Picture Quote #1

I did a short film at Outfest, ‘Where Are the Dolls,’ based on an Elizabeth Bishop poem done, where I play this woman who is sort of walking the streets and ends up alone dancing in a club. I have this hot and heavy scene with a very beautiful actress. It became very popular Picture Quote #1

Life’s essential length is only a few pages long, as succinct as a line of verse and as brief as the title of a poem Picture Quote #1

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You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you’re merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that’s always easiest (Poem Quotes) When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice (Poem Quotes) The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication (Poem Quotes) I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I wanted to be a poem (Poem Quotes) The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later (Poem Quotes) One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent (Poem Quotes) Abstract understanding doesn’t mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery rather that obvious description. Like a good poem, a good abstraction attacks your feelings before your understanding. Abstraction within realism adds zest and excitement to otherwise dull subject matter. Abstract understanding takes time and patience (Poem Quotes) A collection of plants is not a landscape, any more than a list of choice words is a poem. The merit is in the design, not the material it is expressed in, and the best designs, like the best poems, make ordinary material significant by its arrangement (Poem Quotes) Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m sick of this poem, you probably are too (Poem Quotes) In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment (Poem Quotes) Each delicately and fiercely imaged poem is a tribute to perseverence and survival and a lesson for us all (Poem Quotes) For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were being asked an inescapable question by an angel with whom I must wrestle to get at the answer (Poem Quotes) A suicide is both a rebuke to the living and a puzzle that defies them to solve it. Like a poem, suicide is finished and refuses to answer questions as to its final cause (Poem Quotes) One thing that I believe is that every time I write something, I am taking the time to celebrate. Even if I am writing a sad story or an angry poem, I am still giving those stories my time and attention (Poem Quotes) When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem (Poem Quotes) I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem (Poem Quotes) For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem (Poem Quotes) What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them (Poem Quotes) My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. … it filled me with soul satisfying joy (Poem Quotes) Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet (Poem Quotes) A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is: when I speak of writing, what comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or literary tradition, it is a person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and alone, turns inward; amid its shadows, he builds a new world with words (Poem Quotes) A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season (Poem Quotes) I did a short film at Outfest, ‘Where Are the Dolls,’ based on an Elizabeth Bishop poem done, where I play this woman who is sort of walking the streets and ends up alone dancing in a club. I have this hot and heavy scene with a very beautiful actress. It became very popular. (Poem Quotes) Life’s essential length is only a few pages long, as succinct as a line of verse and as brief as the title of a poem. (Poem Quotes)

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