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Mark Strand Quotes

Mark Strand quotes

American Poet April 11, 1934

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Mark Strand quote: "We are reading the story of our lives. As though we were in..."
We are reading the story of our lives. As though we were in it. As though we had written it. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "It's very hard to write humor."
It's very hard to write humor. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "The future is always beginning now."
The future is always beginning now. Mark Strand
It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "Nothing is the destiny of everyone, it is our commonness made..."
Nothing is the destiny of everyone, it is our commonness made dumb. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler."
Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler. Mark Strand
There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest. Mark Strand
No voice comes from outer space, from the folds of dust and carpets of wind to tell us that this is the way it was meant to happen, that if only we knew how long the ruins would last we would never complain. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "Each moment is a placeyou've never been."
Each moment is a placeyou've never been. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose."
From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose. Mark Strand
The ultimate self-effacementis not the pretense of the minimal, but the jocular considerations of the maximalin the manner of Wallace Stevens. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "We are resing the story of our lives. As though we were in it...."
We are resing the story of our lives. As though we were in it. As though we had written it. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the..."
For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better. Mark Strand

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