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Dana Gioia Quotes

Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world, Picture Quote #1

Everyone enjoys stories of double lives and secret identities. Children have Superman; intellectuals have Wallace Stevens Picture Quote #1

The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society Picture Quote #1

Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal coterie, poetry has lost the confidence that it speaks to and for the general culture Picture Quote #1

In America, the term younger poet is applied with chivalric liberality. It can be used to describe anyone not yet collecting a Social Security pension Picture Quote #1

My blessed California, you are so wise. You render death abstract, efficient, clean. Your afterlife is only real estate, and in his kingdom Death must stay unseen Picture Quote #1

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We are not as we were. Death has been our pentecost Picture Quote #1

Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world Picture Quote #1

Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones Picture Quote #1

Teach us the names of what we have destroyed Picture Quote #1

Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what matters is what a reader actually finds there which is usually something both more and less than the poet planned Picture Quote #1

Poetry offers a way of understanding and expressing existence that is fundamentally different from conceptual thought Picture Quote #1

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The music that of common speech but slanted so that each detail sounds unexpected as a sharp inserted in a simple scale Picture Quote #1

This is not work but a kind of workmanship. First out of paper, then from the body. To provoke thought into form, molded according to a measure. I think of a tailor who is his own fabric Picture Quote #1

Being so deeply rooted in one place and culture allows a genuine writer to experiment wildly with the material without ever losing touch with its essence Picture Quote #1

There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories, or songs, or images. Art delights, instructs, consoles. It educates our emotions Picture Quote #1

Poetry is not a creed or dogma. It is a special way of speaking and listening Picture Quote #1

To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer’s identity Picture Quote #1

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Money. You don’t know where it’s been, but you put it where your mouth is. And it talks! Picture Quote #1

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Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world, (Dana Gioia Quotes) Everyone enjoys stories of double lives and secret identities. Children have Superman; intellectuals have Wallace Stevens. (Dana Gioia Quotes) The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society (Dana Gioia Quotes) Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal coterie, poetry has lost the confidence that it speaks to and for the general culture (Dana Gioia Quotes) In America, the term younger poet is applied with chivalric liberality. It can be used to describe anyone not yet collecting a Social Security pension (Dana Gioia Quotes) My blessed California, you are so wise. You render death abstract, efficient, clean. Your afterlife is only real estate, and in his kingdom Death must stay unseen (Dana Gioia Quotes) We are not as we were. Death has been our pentecost (Dana Gioia Quotes) Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world (Dana Gioia Quotes) Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones (Dana Gioia Quotes) Teach us the names of what we have destroyed (Dana Gioia Quotes) Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what matters is what a reader actually finds there which is usually something both more and less than the poet planned (Dana Gioia Quotes) Poetry offers a way of understanding and expressing existence that is fundamentally different from conceptual thought (Dana Gioia Quotes) The music that of common speech but slanted so that each detail sounds unexpected as a sharp inserted in a simple scale (Dana Gioia Quotes) This is not work but a kind of workmanship. First out of paper, then from the body. To provoke thought into form, molded according to a measure. I think of a tailor who is his own fabric (Dana Gioia Quotes) Being so deeply rooted in one place and culture allows a genuine writer to experiment wildly with the material without ever losing touch with its essence (Dana Gioia Quotes) There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories, or songs, or images. Art delights, instructs, consoles. It educates our emotions (Dana Gioia Quotes) Poetry is not a creed or dogma. It is a special way of speaking and listening (Dana Gioia Quotes) To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer’s identity (Dana Gioia Quotes) Money. You don’t know where it’s been, but you put it where your mouth is. And it talks! (Dana Gioia Quotes)