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Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in th

Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity. – George Oppen

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The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. – George Oppen

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