What did Rita Dove mean by: What’s a word, a talisman, to hold against the world? - Rita Dove Poet · USA Copy
+ Poetry connects you to yourself, to the self that doesn’t know how to talk or negotiate. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Self, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ Crassly put: When I write, I am trying not to bore myself and my readers. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Writing, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Choices, Levels, Trust, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It’s concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Explanation, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ I write short stories, and I wrote a play. Feraz Zeid, October 15, 2023December 26, 2023, Rita Dove, Stories, Writing, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Spirit, Stay True To Yourself, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ Don’t be so fast, you’re all you’ve got. Feraz Zeid, September 6, 2023December 26, 2023, Rita Dove, Speed, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
