John Hollander famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. Having once experienced the mystery, plenitude, contradiction, and composure of a work of art, we afterward have a built-in resistance to the slogans and propaganda of oversimplification that have often contributed to the destruction of human life. Poetry is a verbal means to a nonverbal source. It is a motion to no-motion, to the still point of contemplation and deep realization.
Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.
As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.
Reality, the oppressor's tongue.
Though my verse but roam the air And murmur in the trees, You may discern a purpose there, As in music of the bees.
Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.
Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.
Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.
One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!
That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.

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