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> [I studied art at Queens College, taking very few courses in literature. But I've always loved reading poetry and grew up enjoying the so-called beat poets, Allan Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac, and Gregory Corso among them. The poems of Ogden Nash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-florian/i-studied-art-at-queens-college-taking-very-few-courses-in-literature/)

[Douglas Florian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-florian/)

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## More by Douglas Florian

> [When I was young I drew constantly in my sketchbooks to learn to see things. My first teacher in school, Gilbert Stone, taught me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-florian/when-i-was-young-i-drew-constantly-in-my-sketchbooks-to-learn-to-see/)

[Douglas Florian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-florian/)

> [With time some poems just fall by the wayside. Other poems get better over time with revision, revision, revision. My ladybug poem took 10…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-florian/with-time-some-poems-just-fall-by-the-wayside-other-poems-get-better/)

[Douglas Florian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-florian/)

> [The art has to have a life of its own and not merely illustrate. I've always felt a great illustration can make a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-florian/the-art-has-to-have-a-life-of-its-own-and-not-merely-illustrate-i-ve/)

[Douglas Florian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-florian/)

> [I studied art at Queens College, taking very few courses in literature. But I've always loved reading poetry and grew up enjoying the so-called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-florian/i-studied-art-at-queens-college-taking-very-few-courses-in-literature/)

[Douglas Florian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-florian/)

> [Narrative nonfiction was not my forte. I always wanted to let my imagination run free, and the facts sometimes got in the way. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-florian/narrative-nonfiction-was-not-my-forte-i-always-wanted-to-let-my/)

[Douglas Florian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-florian/)

> [Left right left right. We're army ants. We swarm we fight. We have no home. We roam. We race. You're lucky if we miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-florian/left-right-left-right-we-re-army-ants-we-swarm-we-fight-we-have-no/)

[Douglas Florian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-florian/)

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