Quote by Jim Jarmusch
I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very

I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesnt play, it has a poignancy to it. – Jim Jarmusch

Other quotes by Jim Jarmusch

Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool, but I dont understand. My friends from The Clash tried to explain it years and years ago, but I didnt understand what they were talking about. – Jim Jarmusch

Category:
cool
Read Quote

If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, youll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry. – Jim Jarmusch

Category:
Poetry
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being. – John Drinkwater

Category:
Poetry

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. – Rita Dove

Category:
Poetry

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos. – David Lee Roth

Category:
Poetry

Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me theyre more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I havent the least idea of where poetry is going. – James Laughlin

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

When youre a winner youre always happy, but if youre happy as a loser youll always be a loser. – Mark Fidrych

In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings. – Rupert Sheldrake

Category:
Religion

I learned the value of hard work by working hard. – Margaret Mead

Category:
Learning

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. – Jean Cocteau

Category:
Imitation