John Ashbery quotes American poet. Born: 07/28/1927 Country: usa

• I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length. (John Ashbery)
• So that the old joy, modest as cake, as wine and friendship Will stay with us at the last, backed by the night Whose ruse gave it our final meaning (John Ashbery)
• I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. (John Ashbery)
• I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of resilience. (John Ashbery)
• I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them. (John Ashbery)
• A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability. (John Ashbery)
• Where Shall I Wander (John Ashbery)
• The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. (John Ashbery)

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