"A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art."
― Mark Strand
Topic(s):
Respect
More From Mark Strand
- "Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure."
- "Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented."
- "I certainly can’t speak for all cultures or all societies, but it’s clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It’s not part of the cultural mainstream."
More In Respect
- "That’s the most important thing to me – that if I’m gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it’s very important for me to know that I’m working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we’re going for something together."― Brad Pitt
- "If anyone asks for your autograph they’re showing you respect and give it back to them."― Johnny Rotton
- "It’s not easy to retire at 31. In one respect I was glad I was done. But after a few years of having fun, I got a little restless. When you’re 33, 34, and you don’t have a focus, you can get kind of lost. As a man, you feel a little bit unfulfilled."― Pete Sampras