"Part of the triumph of modernist poetry is, indeed, to have demonstrated the great extent to which verse can do without explicit meaning and yet not sacrifice anything essential to its effect as art. Here, as before, successful art can be depended upon to explain itself."

-- Clement Greenberg

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“The time for the destruction of the world and its people hath arrived.”
“New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.”
“arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.”
“Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or they lack the skills to communicate and be understood.”
“Let me make sure I have this straight. The cavalry just now rode into town and it's a Czech Gypsy porn-star zombie killer. Have I got that right?”
“The only difference between street fighting and boxing is there a ref there from stopping me from killing you”
“I am still young and being the [England] squad is really good for me although I've still got a lot to learn.”
“We consciously decide whether to consider people; we fall in love despite ourselves; we entirely fail to fall in love with people who fall in love with us. It is a mightily complicated business.”

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