Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision. — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I love John Ashbery. He's the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he's given that or not, he… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
[Kenneth Koch] taught us to be playful, to be very appreciative of other poets, to appreciate all forms of expression. He taught… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Jim Jarmusch: Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision. — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Sometimes I make films about scenes other filmmakers would leave out, so I just make the film out of all the things… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up.… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Film relates to almost every other form of expression, but poetry is a bit abstract in its strength and sometimes even the… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
“Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new film, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
[Kenneth Koch] taught children in public schools in New York City to write poems and told them down worry about rhyming, don't… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I had this idea for a long time to make a film about a poet in Paterson named Patterson. I wanted him… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I like all forms of movies. I'm a movie geek, so I watch all kinds of films, but - and I read… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I realized, "Gee, you're making the same film over and over here." I just kept making them for my own amusement, but also with… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
The beauty of ideas is that they are like waves in the ocean and they connect with things that came before them, and I… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Nothing is original.. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream. — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy. — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I'm like a navigator and I try to encourage our collaboration and find the best way that will produce fruit. I like fruit. I… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
![“[Kenneth Koch] taught us to be playful, to be very appreciative of other poets, to appreciate all forms of expression. He taught us to be experimental.” quote by Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ba8/jim-jarmusch-3256_appreciate_kenneth-koch-taught-us-to-be-playful-to_1989080.jpg)
![“[Kenneth Koch] taught children in public schools in New York City to write poems and told them down worry about rhyming, don't worry about any of that stuff. You know, write a poem where you mention three colors and make it five lines - or he would just give them, you know, little strategies. And…” quote by Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/694/jim-jarmusch-3256_children_kenneth-koch-taught-children-in-public-s_775146.jpg)
![“I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave this Nobel Prize to [Bob] Dylan because blurring the lines of song lyrics and also hip-hop for me is like some of the greatest uses - most innovative uses of language in my lifetime.” quote by Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ff/jim-jarmusch-3256_bob_i-think-we-need-to-sort-of-broaden-our-d_681950.jpg)
