“When the hammer strikes a nail, the extreme force of the blow on the broad head is transmitted without loss to the point. The head of the nail is the whole of eternity and the point of that nail is… — George Oppen Copy Share Image
A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is… — George Oppen Copy Share
“Ultimately the air Is bare sunlight where must be found The lyric valuable.” — George Oppen Copy Share
It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than… — George Oppen Copy Share
The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given… — George Oppen Copy Share
Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any… — George Oppen Copy Share
A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule. — George Oppen Copy Share
“I think there is no light in the world but the world and I think there is light” — George Oppen Copy Share
The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on — George Oppen Copy Share
The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. — George Oppen Copy Share
Those who are not very concerned with art want poems or pictures to record for them something they already know - as one might… — George Oppen Copy Share
![“When the hammer strikes a nail, the extreme force of the blow on the broad head is transmitted without loss to the point. The head of the nail is the whole of eternity and the point of that nail is pressed to the center of the human heart. " [ quoting Simone Weil from memory ]” quote by George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/george-oppen-28841_human-heart_when-the-hammer-strikes-a-nail-the-extre_2864746.png)