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> [Poetry offers a way of understanding and expressing existence that is fundamentally different from conceptual thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/poetry-offers-a-way-of-understanding-and-expressing-existence-that-is/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

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## More by Dana Gioia

> [How many voices have escaped you until now, the venting furnace, the floorboards underfoot, the steady accusations of the clock numbering the minutes no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/how-many-voices-have-escaped-you-until-now-the-venting-furnace-the/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [In an age of global standardization, regional voices also remind both writer and reader that no life is lived generically. If the purpose of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/in-an-age-of-global-standardization-regional-voices-also-remind-both/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [“The daylight needs no praise, and so we praise it always- greater than ourselves and all the airy words we summon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/the-daylight-needs-no-praise-and-so-we-praise-it-always-greater-than/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [“And memory insists on pining For places it never went, As if life would be happier Just by being different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/and-memory-insists-on-pining-for-places-it-never-went-as-if-life/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [“Whatever the reasons, reading somehow awakens something in a kid's life that makes them take their own life more seriously and other people's lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/whatever-the-reasons-reading-somehow-awakens-something-in-a-kid-s/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [“Breton considered suicide the truest art, though life seemed hardly worth the trouble to discard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/breton-considered-suicide-the-truest-art-though-life-seemed-hardly/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [The new year always brings us what we want Simply by bringing us along—to see A calendar with every day uncrossed, A field of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/the-new-year-always-brings-us-what-we-want-simply-by-bringing-us/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [Being so deeply rooted in one place and culture allows a genuine writer to experiment wildly with the material without ever losing touch with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/being-so-deeply-rooted-in-one-place-and-culture-allows-a-genuine/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [Poetry speaks most effectively and inclusively (whether in free or formal verse) when it recognizes its connection - without apology - to its musical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/poetry-speaks-most-effectively-and-inclusively-whether-in-free-or/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [It seems to me that awakening to the full potential of what your life might be - beyond the possibilities of your own family,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/it-seems-to-me-that-awakening-to-the-full-potential-of-what-your-life/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [“There is no human society, however isolated, that has not developed and employed poetry as a cultural practice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/there-is-no-human-society-however-isolated-that-has-not-developed-and/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/the-purpose-of-arts-education-is-not-to-produce-more-artists-though/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [“What if we had walked a different path one day, would some small incident have nudged us elsewhere the way a pebble tossed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/what-if-we-had-walked-a-different-path-one-day-would-some-small/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [Poetry offers a way of understanding and expressing existence that is fundamentally different from conceptual thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/poetry-offers-a-way-of-understanding-and-expressing-existence-that-is/)

[Dana Gioia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gioia/)

> [Yet the stones remain less real to those who cannot name them, or read the mute syllables graven in silica. To see a red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gioia/yet-the-stones-remain-less-real-to-those-who-cannot-name-them-or-read/)

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