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> [In the increasingly convincing darkness The words become palpable, like a fruit That is too beautiful to eat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/in-the-increasingly-convincing-darkness-the-words-become-palpable/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

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> [What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/what-i-like-about-music-is-its-ability-to-be-convincing-to-carry-an/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

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> [If you need a certain vitality you can only supply it yourself, or there comes a point, anyway, when no one's actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/if-you-need-a-certain-vitality-you-can-only-supply-it-yourself-or/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

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## More by John Ashbery

> [“It was always November there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/it-was-always-november-there/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [“Yes, they are alive and can have those colors, But I, in my soul, am alive too. I feel I must sing and dance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/yes-they-are-alive-and-can-have-those-colors-but-i-in-my-soul-am/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [How many people came and stayed a certain time, Uttered light or dark speech that became part of you Like light behind windblown fog…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/how-many-people-came-and-stayed-a-certain-time-uttered-light-or-dark/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [Some certified nut Will try to tell you it's poetry, (It's extraordinary, it makes a great deal of sense) But watch out or he'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/some-certified-nut-will-try-to-tell-you-it-s-poetry-it-s/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [The ellipse is as aimless as that, Stretching invisibly into the future so as to reappear In our present. Its flexing is its account,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/the-ellipse-is-as-aimless-as-that-stretching-invisibly-into-the/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [Somewhere someone is traveling furiously toward you, At incredible speed, traveling day and night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/somewhere-someone-is-traveling-furiously-toward-you-at-incredible/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [The facts of history have been too well rehearsed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/the-facts-of-history-have-been-too-well-rehearsed/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [“The genius of Cornell is that he sees and enables us to see with the eyes of childhood, before our vision got clouded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/the-genius-of-cornell-is-that-he-sees-and-enables-us-to-see-with-the/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [The mind Is so hospitable, taking in everything Like boarders, and you don't see until It's all over how little there was to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/the-mind-is-so-hospitable-taking-in-everything-like-boarders-and-you/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [In the increasingly convincing darkness The words become palpable, like a fruit That is too beautiful to eat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/in-the-increasingly-convincing-darkness-the-words-become-palpable/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/what-i-like-about-music-is-its-ability-to-be-convincing-to-carry-an/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [“The Unknown Travelers Lugged to the gray arbor, I have climbed this snow-stone on my face, My stick, but what, snapped the avalanche The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/the-unknown-travelers-lugged-to-the-gray-arbor-i-have-climbed-this/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/i-don-t-look-on-poetry-as-closed-works-i-feel-they-re-going-on-all/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [Somewhere someone is traveling furiously toward you, At incredible speed, traveling day and night, Through blizzards and desert heat, across torrents, through narrow passes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/somewhere-someone-is-traveling-furiously-toward-you-at-incredible-2/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

> [The promise of learning is a delusion… Tomorrow would alter the sense of what had already been learned, that the learning process is extended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/the-promise-of-learning-is-a-delusion-tomorrow-would-alter-the-sense/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

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