Logo
Quote by Denis Johnson
All the modern verse plays, theyre terrible theyre mostly about th

All the modern verse plays, theyre terrible theyre mostly about the poetry. Its more important that the play is first. – Denis Johnson

Other quotes by Denis Johnson
No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private. – Allen Ginsberg

Category:
Poetry

However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird. – Norman MacCaig

Category:
Poetry

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. – Socrates

Category:
Poetry

Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. – A. R. Ammons

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. – Adolf Loos

Category:
architecture

I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you? Nehemiah 6:3 – Bible

Category:
Determination

Emotional intelligence, more than any other factor, more than I.Q. or expertise, accounts for 85% to 90% of success at work… I.Q. is a threshold competence. You need it, but it doesnt make you a star. Emotional intelligence can. – Warren Bennis

Category:
Emotions

Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true. – Polish Proverb

Category:
Government