Author: Mark Strand

Quotes

The future is always beginning now.

The future is always beginning now.

- Mark Strand

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.

- Mark Strand

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.

- Mark Strand

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

- Mark Strand

Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.

Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.

- Mark Strand

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

- Mark Strand

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream.

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream.

- Mark Strand

It's very hard to write humor.

It's very hard to write humor.

- Mark Strand

I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.

I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.

- Mark Strand

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