"A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction."

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Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

A. R. Ammons

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“We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmthÂ—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.”
“As part of the process by which you hire me, you hire me. You just don't hire an hour of me to do a performance.”
“The world of science lives fairly comfortably with paradox. We know that light is a wave, and also that light is a particle. The discoveries made in the infinitely small world of particle physics indicate randomness and chance, and I do not find it any more difficult to live with the paradox of a universe of randomness and chance and a universe of pattern and purpose than I do with light as a wave and light as a particle. Living with contradiction is nothing new to the human being.”
“Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.”
“There is no essential difference between classical and popular music. Music is music. I want to communicate with the listener who finds Indian classical music remote.”
“I came up in Brooklyn singing doo-wop music from the time I was 13 to the time I was 20. That music served a purpose of keeping a lot of people out of trouble, and also it was a passport from one neighborhood to another.”

Source : "Folk singer Richie Havens dead at 72" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. April 23, 2013.
“If I let myself sink into depression, I won't be able to get out. And then I'll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.”
“We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.”

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