"I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem."

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Yusef Komunyakaa

#Focus Quotes #Poet Quotes #Uncomfortable Quotes

“A society that feels life is the most precious thing [jars against] a society that prefers death over theft, over loss of pride, over inconvenience, and so much else.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Discipline is remembering what you want most, not what you want now.”
“I am not so sure whether what we do now is art or something not quite art. If I call it art, it is because I wish to avoid the endless arguments some other name would bring forth.”

Source : Allan Kaprow, Jeff Kelley (2003). “Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life”, p.21, Univ of California Press
“These past couple of years have been about learning to not sabotage myself in a subtler way - for instance, even just by putting moisturiser on when I get out of the shower. Learning to honour myself and believing that I'm worth taking care of.”
“Always dream big dreams. Big dreams attract big people.”
“Explore your web: the needs, the beliefs, and the emotions that are controlling you so there's more of you to give and so you can appreciate what's driving other people. It's the only way our world's going to change.”
“Beneath the sophistication of Buddhist psychology lies the simplicity of compassion. We can touch into this compassion whenever the mind is quiet, whenever we allow the heart to open.”
“I'm afraid I didn't really like Caracas in Venezuela. From what I saw it seemed so crime-ridden that you really have to be on your guard all the time.”

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