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19 John Ashbery Quotes & Sayings
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19 John Ashbery Quotes & Sayings
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Born: 28 July 1927. Died: 3 September 2017 |
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It is written in the Book of Usable Minutes That all things have their center in their dying....
John Ashbery
Written
Book
Things
Dying
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The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.
John Ashbery
Poem
Sad
Wants
Yours
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Death is a new office building filled with modern furniture, A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us.
John Ashbery
Death
Building
Wise
Purpose
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The mind Is so hospitable, taking in everything Like boarders, and you don't see until It's all over how little there was to learn Once the stench of knowledge has dissipated.
John Ashbery
Mind
Hospitable
Learn
Knowledge
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The facts of history have been too well rehearsed.
John Ashbery
Facts
History
Rehearsed
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All beauty, resonance, integrity, Exist by deprivation or logic Of strange position
John Ashbery
Beauty
Integrity
Logic
Position
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Things can harden meaningfully in the moment of indecision
John Ashbery
Things
Harden
Moment
Indecision
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Then let yourself love all that you take delight in Accept yourself whole, accept the heritage That shaped you and is passed on from age to age Down to your entity. Remain mysterious; Rather than be pure, accept yourself as numerous.
John Ashbery
Love
Heritage
Mysterious
Pure
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Much that is beautiful must be discarded So that we may resemble a taller Impression of ourselves.
John Ashbery
Beautiful
Discarded
Impression
Ourselves
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Reading is a pleasure, but to finish reading, to come to the blank space at the end, is also a pleasure.
John Ashbery
Reading
Pleasure
Finish
End
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I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them
John Ashbery
Write
Experiences
Mind
About
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Not until it starts to stink does the inevitable happen
John Ashbery
Starts
Stink
Inevitable
Happen
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There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
John Ashbery
View
Poetry
Life
People
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The soul is not a soul, Has no secret, is small, and it fits Its hollow perfectly: its room, our moment of attention.
John Ashbery
Soul
Secret
Perfectly
Attention
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I always thought that writing poetry was in itself a political act.
John Ashbery
Thought
Writing
Poetry
Political
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The soul establishes itself. But how far can it swim out through the eyes And still return safely to its nest?
John Ashbery
Soul
Establishes
Return
Safely
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What is the past, what is it all for? A mental sandwich?
John Ashbery
What
Past
Mental
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I feel that poetry is going on all the time inside, an underground stream.
John Ashbery
Feel
Poetry
Time
Stream
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I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of resilience
John Ashbery
Want
Read
Easily
Resilience
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John Ashbery Quotes & Sayings