Author: Helen Vendler

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

The art of utterance persuades initially by its music and its rhythm, before semiotic or personal characteristics come into play.

The art of utterance persuades initially by its music and its rhythm, before semiotic or personal characteristics come into play.

- Helen Vendler

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