Quotes of: Modern-poetry Keyword

I guess the thing that I'm most proud of is that I kept on writing poetry. I understand that poetry is sort of the source of everything I do. It's the source of my creativity.

Erica Jong

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

A. R. Ammons

I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry.

Shelby Foote

The world deprived of clear-cut outlines, of the up and the down, of good and evil, succumbs to a peculiar nihilization, that is, it loses its colors, so that grayness covers not only things of this earth and of space, but also the very flow of time,...

Love

Having experimented in both poetry and prose, I can say that the two are such loaded words. But neither are quite as weighted as the word “poet”. I think some people can write poetry their whole lives, and never truly BE a “poet”. Whereas I s...

Love

By now, with all our modern technology, there should be no poverty left on earth.

Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

Golda Meir

I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color.

William Eggleston

It's easy to be disciplined when you have no freedoms.

Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger

The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.

Science and the Modern World

Pain is the only pleasure in the world, this is the biggest paradox!

SHE- Stories of Modern Indian Women

Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Think of me as an impetuous Hegel, drunk with power, and also, regular drunk.

The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life

Journalism, look you, is the religion of modern society.

The Wild Ass's Skin

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

Theodore Bikel

In order to be successful, Teenagers need to be practical as challenges they are faceing in modern life are numerous and complex.

Kishore Bansal

Every modern woman shops everywhere for beauty, but for me it's mostly the airport or the drugstore.

Julianne Moore

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

Bear Grylls

No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.

Ellen Glasgow

Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.

David Guterson

There's an interesting mix to 'Robin Hood' because it's kind of modern but medieval. There is a blend of adventure with a very modern feel.

Joanne Froggatt