Fall in love Quote by John Ashbery

“It was always November there.”

— John Ashbery

“Yes, they are alive and can have those colors, But I, in my soul, am alive too. I feel I must sing and dance,…

— John Ashbery

How many people came and stayed a certain time, Uttered light or dark speech that became part of you Like light behind windblown fog…

— John Ashbery

Some certified nut Will try to tell you it's poetry, (It's extraordinary, it makes a great deal of sense) But watch out or he'll…

— John Ashbery

The ellipse is as aimless as that, Stretching invisibly into the future so as to reappear In our present. Its flexing is its account,…

— John Ashbery

Somewhere someone is traveling furiously toward you, At incredible speed, traveling day and night…

— John Ashbery

The facts of history have been too well rehearsed.

— John Ashbery

“The genius of Cornell is that he sees and enables us to see with the eyes of childhood, before our vision got clouded by…

— John Ashbery

The mind Is so hospitable, taking in everything Like boarders, and you don't see until It's all over how little there was to learn…

— John Ashbery

In the increasingly convincing darkness The words become palpable, like a fruit That is too beautiful to eat.

— John Ashbery

What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of…

— John Ashbery

“The Unknown Travelers Lugged to the gray arbor, I have climbed this snow-stone on my face, My stick, but what, snapped the avalanche The…

— John Ashbery