What did Rita Dove mean by: What’s a word, a talisman, to hold against the world? - Rita Dove Poet · USA Copy
+ When we are touched by something it’s as if we’re being brushed by an angel’s wings. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Angel, Creation, Wings, 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
+ I didn’t know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Being Real, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Grew Up, Joy, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ It’s unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there’s this need to have things quantified and graded. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, School, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Heard, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ When I was young, I was older than I am today. Feraz Zeid, September 2, 2023December 24, 2023, Rita Dove, Youth, 0 - Rita Dove Poet · USA
+ I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that’s only the first step. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rita Dove, Notebook, Steps, 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
