"A poem is really a kind of machine for producing the poetic state by means of words."

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Paul Verlaine

#Mean Quotes #Poetry Quotes #Machines Quotes

“I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial terms. That is something that I cannot speak adequately to.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“It's hard to choose the right word, the right line. This Body Mystery is a small book, but it took me over ten years.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“The music suddenly became important enough for me to build my own sound studio and start to prepare songs to possibly put out into the world.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music.”
“I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.”
“Everyday can be extraordinary And ripe, Like a flower burst, If the will is there.”
“I can be pushed just so far.”

Source : Harry Leon Wilson (2012). “Somewhere in Red Gap”, p.245, tredition
“Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.”

Source : Chaim Potok (2003). “My Name Is Asher Lev”, Anchor

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