Author: Helen Vendler

Quotes

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature.

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature.

- Helen Vendler

I would like to spend more time with Spanish poetry. I know French better than Spanish, but Spanish was my first language, and my father spoke it to us.

I would like to spend more time with Spanish poetry. I know French better than Spanish, but Spanish was my first language, and my father spoke it to us.

- Helen Vendler

I like art history and art criticism. Leo Steinberg has always been my favorite. He's very original, very accurate and acute.

I like art history and art criticism. Leo Steinberg has always been my favorite. He's very original, very accurate and acute.

- Helen Vendler

I wouldn't be very happy if a poet read what I had written and said, 'What a peculiar thing to say about this work of mine.'

I wouldn't be very happy if a poet read what I had written and said, 'What a peculiar thing to say about this work of mine.'

- Helen Vendler

There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work.

There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work.

- Helen Vendler

If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct.

If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct.

- Helen Vendler

When I first heard Wallace Stevens' voice, it was by chance: a friend wanted to listen to the recording he had made for the Harvard Vocarium Series.

When I first heard Wallace Stevens' voice, it was by chance: a friend wanted to listen to the recording he had made for the Harvard Vocarium Series.

- Helen Vendler

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