"I believe people may have a predisposition for……" — Rita Dove

"I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it."

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74 Quotes by Rita Dove

Rita Dove has 74 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before…
The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable,…
When I was young, I was older than I am today.
For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about…
All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back…
Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us…
The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of…
The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen…
In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process…
What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his…
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise…
It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I…

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More Artistic Quotes

This quote is filed under Artistic Quotes, one of 855 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could… — Javier Bardem
I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. — Henry Ward Beecher
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play… — Jack Black
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal;… — William Blake
Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy,… — Andrea Bocelli
Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic… — Andrea Bocelli
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves… — Napoleon Bonaparte

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