"When people decide to talk publicly about poetry as an art form and how it's received, they often get very abject about it: "Nobody reads poetry," and then a thousand people write back, "No, we read poetry." There's an abundance of this negative preaching to the choir, and it's very similar to the experience I'm having."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Eileen Myles

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“I became super claustrophobic with Hollywood. I don't like Hollywood. I don't like what it represents. I think that Hollywood is great if you're an actor, actress, established. But for reality people or what people perceive as reality, it's tough. People are constantly discrediting everything you put on camera.”
“Animals love. They love their being. They strive to survive, to celebrate, to propagate . So certainly something we learn from animals is love. To survive and to celebrate, propagate and to love life. To be the best we can be - the right to be here and the responsibility to be the best dog or bear or horse that they can be. Humans have the tendency to self pity that other animals don't indulge in.”
“Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss.”
“Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious, but who understands the non-existent.”
“I should think it takes a fairly low intellect to draw pleasure from the following activity: hitting a ball with a crooked stick. and then walking after it! An then ..hitting it again!”
“Fashion is what everyone is doing. Style is what you are doing.”
“I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.”

Source : Interview to Chinese Media in India, mea.gov.in. May 09, 2013.
“Stopping crime before it occurs is the most effective crime fighting tool of all.”

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