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> [I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-like-to-look-at-the-interface-between-words-and-pictures-and-wonder/)

[Elaine Equi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-equi/)

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## More by Elaine Equi

> [I can appreciate the idea that with e-books more people would publish, the work would be easier to disseminate, and that it could even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-can-appreciate-the-idea-that-with-e-books-more-people-would-publish/)

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> [I can never plan out what direction my poems will take in terms of either form or content. I wish I could but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-can-never-plan-out-what-direction-my-poems-will-take-in-terms-of/)

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> [“Literary Lipsticks by Elaine Equi The Best American Poetry Red Wheelbarrow I Have Eaten the Plums Poppies in October Pink Christmas Red Weather A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/literary-lipsticks-by-elaine-equi-the-best-american-poetry-red/)

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> [“Art is not an object, but a way of looking at an object.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/art-is-not-an-object-but-a-way-of-looking-at-an-object/)

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> [Sometimes you get lit students that know a lot about the canon but virtually nothing about contemporary poetry and vice versa. I like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/sometimes-you-get-lit-students-that-know-a-lot-about-the-canon-but/)

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> [When I shut off the verbal, I like to escape into the visual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/when-i-shut-off-the-verbal-i-like-to-escape-into-the-visual/)

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> [I like being married to another writer. You get to trade ideas. You get to talk shop. You get to complain. You get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-like-being-married-to-another-writer-you-get-to-trade-ideas-you-get/)

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> [In the past things were either in your head (subjective, imaginary, fantasy) or else they were part of the outside world - cold, hard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/in-the-past-things-were-either-in-your-head-subjective-imaginary/)

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> [I've always liked language and been a big reader. I always loved books as objects. My favorite time of year as a child was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-ve-always-liked-language-and-been-a-big-reader-i-always-loved-books/)

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> [I tend to like poems that are short as well as funny. I love Joe Brainard and Aram Saroyan. And I think their sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-tend-to-like-poems-that-are-short-as-well-as-funny-i-love-joe/)

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> [I never liked the philosophy that you can have everything and be everything and that something is wrong if you don't want that. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-never-liked-the-philosophy-that-you-can-have-everything-and-be/)

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> [In a machine, every part has a function. In a poem, every word needs to be there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/in-a-machine-every-part-has-a-function-in-a-poem-every-word-needs-to/)

[Elaine Equi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-equi/)

> [I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-like-to-look-at-the-interface-between-words-and-pictures-and-wonder/)

[Elaine Equi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-equi/)

> [I think the more stability a person has, the more they can follow esoteric or intellectual pursuits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-think-the-more-stability-a-person-has-the-more-they-can-follow/)

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> [I have a lot of respect for advertising. If I didn't teach and could go back in time, I might try and become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-have-a-lot-of-respect-for-advertising-if-i-didn-t-teach-and-could/)

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