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John Ciardi Quotes

The public library is the most dangerous place in town Picture Quote #1

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students Picture Quote #1

Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it! Picture Quote #1

Nothing goes further toward a man’s liberation than the act of surviving his need for character Picture Quote #1

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea Picture Quote #1

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions Picture Quote #1

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A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea Picture Quote #1

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope Picture Quote #1

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn’t deserve it, give it to him anyhow Picture Quote #1

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down Picture Quote #1

Within a single scene, it seems to be unwise to have access to the inner reflections of more than one character. The reader generally needs a single character as the means of perception, as the character to whom the events are happening, as the character with whom he is to empathize in order to have the events of the writing happen to him Picture Quote #1

I’m smiled out, talked out, quipped out, socialized so far from any being, I need the weight of mortal silences to get realized back into myself Picture Quote #1

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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions Picture Quote #1

A savage is simply a human organism that has not received enough news from the human race Picture Quote #1

The thing about cats as you might find, is that no one knows what they have in mind Picture Quote #1

The success of the poem is determined not by how much the poet felt in writing it, but by how much the reader feels in reading it Picture Quote #1

Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity Picture Quote #1

If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate Picture Quote #1

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The public library is the most dangerous place in town (John Ciardi Quotes) A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students (John Ciardi Quotes) Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it! (John Ciardi Quotes) Nothing goes further toward a man’s liberation than the act of surviving his need for character (John Ciardi Quotes) Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea (John Ciardi Quotes) It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions (John Ciardi Quotes) A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea (John Ciardi Quotes) Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope (John Ciardi Quotes) The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn’t deserve it, give it to him anyhow (John Ciardi Quotes) What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down (John Ciardi Quotes) Within a single scene, it seems to be unwise to have access to the inner reflections of more than one character. The reader generally needs a single character as the means of perception, as the character to whom the events are happening, as the character with whom he is to empathize in order to have the events of the writing happen to him (John Ciardi Quotes) I’m smiled out, talked out, quipped out, socialized so far from any being, I need the weight of mortal silences to get realized back into myself (John Ciardi Quotes) It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions (John Ciardi Quotes) A savage is simply a human organism that has not received enough news from the human race (John Ciardi Quotes) The thing about cats as you might find, is that no one knows what they have in mind (John Ciardi Quotes) The success of the poem is determined not by how much the poet felt in writing it, but by how much the reader feels in reading it (John Ciardi Quotes) Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity (John Ciardi Quotes) If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate (John Ciardi Quotes)

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