“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.”
— Mark Strand
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“Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.”
— Mark Strand
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“A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.”
— Mark Strand
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“The future is always beginning now.”
— Mark Strand
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“I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.”
— Mark Strand
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“A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.”
— Mark Strand
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“Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented.”
— Mark Strand
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“Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.”
— Mark Strand
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“I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.”
— Mark Strand
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“Poetry is, first and last, language – the rest is filler.”
— Mark Strand
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“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.”
— Mark Strand
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