George Oppen Quotes

Truth, also is the pursuit of it. - George Oppen

Things explain each other, not themselves. - George Oppen

There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art. - George Oppen

The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. - George Oppen

Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the Most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any Motive of poetry But to achieve clarity. - George Oppen

A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule. - George Oppen

A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems. - George Oppen

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