John Ashbery Quotes

Where Shall I Wander. - John Ashbery

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. - John Ashbery

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. - John Ashbery

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them. - John Ashbery

I was doubly thrilled. Because [Auden] had been my favorite poet ever since I first read him at the age of, I guess, 16. Because he was the first modern poet I felt I could understand and empathize with. So, coming from him, it was even more rewarding. - John Ashbery

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. - John Ashbery

I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of resilience. - John Ashbery

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length. - John Ashbery

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