Anne Stevenson Quotes

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions. - Anne Stevenson

When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good. - Anne Stevenson

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic. - Anne Stevenson

The sea is as near as we come to another world. - Anne Stevenson

Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 - and very shocked and sorry. I never knew her personally. - Anne Stevenson

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry. - Anne Stevenson

Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North Wales, where we have a cottage in the mountains, and in Vermont, USA, with my sister - who is a children's writer married to a poet. - Anne Stevenson

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do. - Anne Stevenson

I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings. - Anne Stevenson

I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me. - Anne Stevenson

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