“What if we had walked a different path one day, would some small incident have nudged us elsewhere the way a pebble… — Dana Gioia Different path Copy Share Image
The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education… — Dana Gioia Art Copy Share Image
“The slow maturation of genuine creativity looks like laziness to a committee. Wallace Stevens was forty-three when his first book appeared. Robert… — Dana Gioia Academia Copy Share Image
Twisting through the thorn-thick underbrush, scratched and exhausted, one turns suddenly to find an unexpected waterfall, not half a mile from the… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
How many voices have escaped you until now, the venting furnace, the floorboards underfoot, the steady accusations of the clock numbering the… — Dana Gioia Accusation Copy Share Image
Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal… — Dana Gioia Culture Copy Share Image
We lived in places that we never knew. We could not name the birds perched on our sill, Or see the trees… — Dana Gioia Bird Copy Share Image
