“ Let us consider the farmer who makes his straw hat his sweetheart; or the old woman who makes a floor lamp her son; or the young woman who has set herself the task of scraping her shadow off a… — Russell Edson Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I should kiss the face of the kitchen clock for luck. Perhaps its little hands with rapture would encircle my neck and we… — Russell Edson Copy Share Image
“There’s only the writing, which I admit to knowing very little about. But then it’s probably best not to know. It allows one to… — Russell Edson Copy Share Image
“I think, therefore I am, said a man whose mother quickly hit him on the head, saying, I hit my son on the head,… — Russell Edson Copy Share Image
The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others. — Russell Edson Copy Share Image
“ Let us consider the farmer who makes his straw hat his sweetheart; or the old woman who makes a floor lamp her son;… — Russell Edson Copy Share Image
“I never liked the term “experimental writing,” but what else is a prose poem? Having written a number of them, I still don’t know… — Russell Edson Copy Share Image
If one cannot accept failure and scorn, how is he to make his art? It's like wanting to go to heaven without dying. — Russell Edson Copy Share Image
