More From Mark Strand
- "And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written."
- "Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments."
- "And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem."
More In Intelligence
- "Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence."― Jacques Maritain
- "Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence."― Ambrose Bierce
- "The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis."― Morley Safer