A. R. Ammons Quotes

There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world. - A. R. Ammons

That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends. - A. R. Ammons

Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers. - A. R. Ammons

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. - A. R. Ammons

Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. - A. R. Ammons

Only silence perfects silence. - A. R. Ammons

Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. - A. R. Ammons

Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone. - A. R. Ammons

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