"To me many short poems read and write……" — John Barton
"To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that."
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27 Quotes by John Barton
John Barton has 27 quotes on this site.
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I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test…
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I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes…
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The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but…
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An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive.
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Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.
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No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?
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Reading should be a repeat performance.
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You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.
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Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about…
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Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools.
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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
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More Appetite Quotes
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Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty…
— Charles Baudelaire
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The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to…
— Joseph Addison
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In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I…
— Steven Adler
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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any…
— Eli Broad
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To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to deny her…
— James Buchan
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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
— Lord Byron
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My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working…
— Kim Cattrall
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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.
— Emile M. Cioran
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It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom & passion.
— Steve Winwood
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The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong.
— Marty Neumeier
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I thought that conclusion that we leaped to right after the election, that has been disproven statistically so many times,…
— Steve King
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