George Oppen famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Design should do the same thing in everyday life that art does when encountered: amaze us, scare us or delight us, but certainly open us to new worlds within our daily existence.
Art, however innocent, looks like deceiving.
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out . . .. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
Can you remember? when we thought the poets taught how to live?
A poem round and perfect as a star.
Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker.
When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen
But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
That's the strange thing about making a record. You can be in one mood for an hour, put it on a record, and you're remembered that way.
When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.

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