John Ashbery's Quote - The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. – Joh

Quote by John Ashbery

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. - Joh

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. – John Ashbery

Other quotes by John Ashbery

I dont look on poetry as closed works. I feel theyre going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length. – John Ashbery

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There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. – John Ashbery

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It doesnt hurt to feel sad from time to time. – Willie Nelson

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Ive traveled around the country and I read local newspapers and all of that, and its a sad, sad thing to go from city to city and see the small newspapers and theyre tiny. Theyre tiny not only in size but also in scope. – Jim Lehrer

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Our hope, and its a sad hope, is that… well, I mean we need a tip. Thats why we have such a big reward. We just hope that someone is holding her for her child and that we can, you know, get her back with a tip. – Scott Peterson

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It would be sad if my best work had been 20 years ago and now I only had memories. – Demian Bichir

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Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear. – G. Gordon Liddy

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By daily dying I have come to be. – Theodore Roethke

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Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of mans expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid. – Salvatore Quasimodo

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So Im not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because Im happy that I have them I think its good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger. – Diana Ross

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