Author: Mark Strand

Quotes

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.

- Mark Strand

The future is always beginning now.

The future is always beginning now.

- 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

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

- Mark Strand

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

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

- 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 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

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

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