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"19 John Ashbery Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 28 July 1927. Died: 3 September 2017 | Poet | Critic |

It is written in the Book of Usable Minutes That all things have their center in their dying....

Written Book Things Dying
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The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.

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.

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.

Mind Hospitable Learn Knowledge
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The facts of history have been too well rehearsed.

Facts History Rehearsed
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All beauty, resonance, integrity, Exist by deprivation or logic Of strange position

Beauty Integrity Logic Position
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Things can harden meaningfully in the moment of indecision

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.

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.

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.

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

Write Experiences Mind About
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Not until it starts to stink does the inevitable happen

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.

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.

Soul Secret Perfectly Attention
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I always thought that writing poetry was in itself a political act.

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?

Soul Establishes Return Safely
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What is the past, what is it all for? A mental sandwich?

What Past Mental
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I feel that poetry is going on all the time inside, an underground stream.

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

Want Read Easily Resilience
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John Ashbery Quotes & Sayings