"Poets should ignore most criticism and get on……" — Anne Stevenson
"Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry."
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26 Quotes by Anne Stevenson
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The sea is as near as we come to another world.
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Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.
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A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.
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Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.
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You've got criminal courts and child welfare officials refusing to do their jobs and protect children so they can shift…
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I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as…
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I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original…
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I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.
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Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only…
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Blackbirds are the cellos of the deep farms.
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Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North Wales, where we have a…
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Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me…
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More Criticism Quotes
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Dare to risk public criticism.
— Mary Kay Ash
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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
— Mary Kay Ash
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We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against…
— Julian Assange
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule,…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's…
— Kevin Bacon
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
— Enid Bagnold
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the…
— James A. Baldwin
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It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.
— Charles Baudelaire
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A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
— Jean Baudrillard
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
— Joseph Addison
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People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.
— David Beckham
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