What did William Stafford mean by: A poem is a serious joke, a truth that has learned jujitsu. William Stafford Poet · USA Copy
+ When the snake decided to go straight, he didn’t get anywhere. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Decision, Direction, Progress, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ You can lie at a banquet but you have to be honest in the kitchen. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Authenticity, Deception, Integrity, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ Once you decide to do right, life is easy, there are no distractions. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Clarity, Focus, Morality, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ Language can do what it can’t say. Author, October 27, 2023January 2, 2025, William Stafford, Communication, Expression, Limitations, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ The signals we give-yes or no, or maybe-/should be clear/the darkness around us is deep. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Clarity, Communication, Uncertainty, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ Anyone who breathes is in the rhythm business. Author, September 15, 2023January 2, 2025, William Stafford, Connection, Life, Unity, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean. Author, July 8, 2023January 2, 2025, William Stafford, Belief, Connection, Unity, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ You were aimed from birth: you will never be alone… The whole wide world pours down. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Connection, Destiny, Unity, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. Read explanation Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
