Music Quote by John Ashbery

““The music brought us what it seemed / We had long desired, but in a form / so rarefied there was no emptiness of sensation””

John Ashbery

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“It was always November there.”

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“Yes, they are alive and can have those colors, But I, in my soul, am alive too. I feel I must sing and dance, to tell Of this in a way, that knowing you may be drawn to me. And I sing amid despair and isolation Of the chance to know you, to sing of me Which are you. You…

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

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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…

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

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

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The facts of history have been too well rehearsed.

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

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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…

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

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

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“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…

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