Alice Notley famous quotes

03-28-2025

In love there is no because.
-- Alice Notley
It's necessary to maintain a state of disobedience against...everything.
-- Alice Notley

#States #Disobedience
I'm not an expert in the deck at all. My interest lies somewhere near a sense that words are like tarot cards, and that a poem manipulates unpredictable depths with its words. . . . I like the tarot because it works like poetry and because you don't really have to 'believe in' anything. It's there to be used. The symbols are remarkably durable and beautiful; they float out to encompass all kinds of meanings.
-- Alice Notley

#Beautiful #Lying #Believe
Writing poetry is what I am. I wouldnâ€™t know what else to be.
-- Alice Notley

#Writing #Poetry Is #Writing Poetry
I do utterly despise dailiness as it stands. I can't abide what the world has become, the frozen-ness of our product this evil thing that we kiss the ***** of every hour. I want a dailiness that is free and beautiful
-- Alice Notley

#Beautiful #Kissing #Evil
Who do you serve? Do you serve somebody? I serve the poem, no one.
-- Alice Notley

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