Author: Robert Pinsky

Quotes

If what you want to do is make good art, decide what's good and try to imitate it.

If what you want to do is make good art, decide what's good and try to imitate it.

- Robert Pinsky

Poetry is not easy. Or should I say, real poetry is not easy.

Poetry is not easy. Or should I say, real poetry is not easy.

- Robert Pinsky

I think art is not an ornament or refinement at the fringes of human intelligence, I think it's at the center. It's at the core.

I think art is not an ornament or refinement at the fringes of human intelligence, I think it's at the center. It's at the core.

- Robert Pinsky

Art will not solve your problems. It will not enable you to live merrily.

Art will not solve your problems. It will not enable you to live merrily.

- Robert Pinsky

I delight sometimes in saying to - as when I'm a teacher, I love saying, 'This is really important, so don't write it down.' To me, what you retain is a very important filter.

I delight sometimes in saying to - as when I'm a teacher, I love saying, 'This is really important, so don't write it down.' To me, what you retain is a very important filter.

- Robert Pinsky

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