"Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."

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Source : Poems (1964) p. 8

Adrian Mitchell

#People Quotes #Poetry Quotes #Poetry Is Quotes

“Avoid getting wrapped up in things - especially status purchases - as these often come at the expense of people and relationships.”
“To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again and once more, and over and over.”
“She had died peacefully, in her sleep, after an evening of listening to all of her favorite Fred Astaire songs, one crackling record after another. Once the last chord of the last piece had died out, she had stood up and opened the French doors to the garden outside, perhaps waiting to breathe in the honeysuckle one more time.”

Source : Anne Fortier (2010). “Juliet: A Novel”, p.7, Ballantine Books
“Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs and dramas of so many people end up being considered normal. ... When the stock market drops 10 points in some cities, it constitutes a tragedy. Someone who dies is not news, but lowering income by 10 points is a tragedy! In this way people are thrown aside as if they were trash.”
“It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that make the master's fame.”
“Life favors those who are prepared”
“In fast-moving, progress-conscious America, the consumer expects to be dizzied by progress. If he could completely understand advertising jargon he would be badly disappointed. The half-intelligibility which we expect, or even hope, to find in the latest product language personally reassures each of us that progress is being made: that the pace exceeds our ability to follow.”
“I've never kept a record of anything. I gave away everything: all the posters, the memorabilia that would have been helpful - and financially rewarding.”

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