--- title: "1 American poetry Quotes By Martinus Hendrikus Benders" description: "1 American poetry quotes by Martinus Hendrikus Benders. Plus more from Martinus Hendrikus Benders and more American poetry sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/martinus-hendrikus-benders-182_american-poetry_mr-rutger-cornet-de-groot-never-read-any_221707.jpg" --- > [“Mr Rutger cornet de Groot. Never read any American poetry or any other foreign poetry, which is why he always mentions 2 poets as a reffering point, either Lucebert or Tonnus Oosterhoff. The guy started reading when he was 48…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/mr-rutger-cornet-de-groot-never-read-any-american-poetry-or-any-other/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/martinus-hendrikus-benders-182_american-poetry_mr-rutger-cornet-de-groot-never-read-any_221707.jpg) ## Other authors on American poetry - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-daisy-fuentes-25962.jpg) Amy King 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-poetry/amy-king/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-diane-wakoski-29286.jpg) Diane Wakoski 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-poetry/diane-wakoski/) ## More by Martinus Hendrikus Benders > [“Not to mention the fact that the belief in conspiracy theories is already a form of conspiracy theory in itself. It's to me not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/not-to-mention-the-fact-that-the-belief-in-conspiracy-theories-is/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“Last week I wrote that the reason Hollywood films are so bad last 10 years is that all the better scriptwriters were hired by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/last-week-i-wrote-that-the-reason-hollywood-films-are-so-bad-last-10/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“Thinking outside the box' is ridiculous nonsense, since whatever you can do in a 'box' or closed environment is not 'thinking'. If I 'think'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/thinking-outside-the-box-is-ridiculous-nonsense-since-whatever-you/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“Mr Rutger cornet de Groot. Never read any American poetry or any other foreign poetry, which is why he always mentions 2 poets as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/mr-rutger-cornet-de-groot-never-read-any-american-poetry-or-any-other/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“What is the role of intellectuals in Europe? There's this debate in which all speakers do not appear to me to even be intellectuals.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/what-is-the-role-of-intellectuals-in-europe-there-s-this-debate-in/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“Something went greatly wrong in our collective history and the starting point of it was the industrial revolution. Our school systems are focussed on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/something-went-greatly-wrong-in-our-collective-history-and-the/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“I think i am too chaotic to ever get depressed. Depression somehow requires an ordered mind where the depression can get hold. Depressions just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/i-think-i-am-too-chaotic-to-ever-get-depressed-depression-somehow/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“If you ask me, I think Jerry Springer destroyed the public image of the USA. I mean up to early in the nineties I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/if-you-ask-me-i-think-jerry-springer-destroyed-the-public-image-of/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“My Latin girlfriend sees me read, snigger, read on intensily and said "you look like someone who is attacked by a butterfly "" mails…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/my-latin-girlfriend-sees-me-read-snigger-read-on-intensily-and-said/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“Talent is 98% hard work - even Brel said so. The best signal for lack of talent is therefore quite simply low production. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/talent-is-98-hard-work-even-brel-said-so-the-best-signal-for-lack-of/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“Remember this: a simple pen is much more swift and much more precise than a camera. That's my advice to both beginning and experienced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/remember-this-a-simple-pen-is-much-more-swift-and-much-more-precise/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“I have female friends that get mails from publishers that read 'Hey. I heard you write about sex. This is a very popular topic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/i-have-female-friends-that-get-mails-from-publishers-that-read-hey-i/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“I have always said that whomever has limited preferences cannot be a critic, for the same reason some guy who only likes blondes cant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/i-have-always-said-that-whomever-has-limited-preferences-cannot-be-a/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“Movements in literature were not caricatures - in the sense that they actually functioned as an ideology in politics does. As now a monopolistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/movements-in-literature-were-not-caricatures-in-the-sense-that-they/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) > [“Every writer on this planet THINKS he is a great writer (why waste your entire life writing when you believe you are mediocre?) but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martinus-hendrikus-benders/every-writer-on-this-planet-thinks-he-is-a-great-writer-why-waste/) [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-poetry/martinus-hendrikus-benders/#itemlist", "name": "1 American poetry Quotes By Martinus Hendrikus Benders", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Mr Rutger cornet de Groot. 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