Christian Wiman Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: b. 1966
At some point you have to believe that the inadequacies of the words you use will be transcended by the faith with which you use them. You have to believe that poetry has some reach into reality itself, or you have to go silent.
source: Christian Wiman (2013). “Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet”, p.161, Copper Canyon Press
topic: Believe, Reality, Use, Inadequacy
