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A.R. Ammons quotes: The oppressed grows weightless: doze/n th/rough c/and/or man/aged leg/ions stud/ents The oppressed grows weightless: doze/n th/rough c/and/or man/aged leg/ions stud/ents
A.R. Ammons quotes: Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing. Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
A.R. Ammons quotes: I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal. I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.
A.R. Ammons quotes: In nature there are few sharp lines. In nature there are few sharp lines.
A.R. Ammons quotes: What destruction have I been blessed by? What destruction have I been blessed by?
A.R. Ammons quotes: Things go away to return, brightened for the passage Things go away to return, brightened for the passage
A.R. Ammons quotes: Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take. Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take.
A.R. Ammons quotes: Only silence perfects silence. Only silence perfects silence.
A.R. Ammons quotes: I have a life that did not become,that turned aside and stopped,astonished I have a life that did not become,
that turned aside and stopped,
astonished
A.R. Ammons quotes: The white sun like a moth on a string circles the southpole. The white sun like a moth on a string circles the southpole.
A.R. Ammons quotes: To be saved is here, local and mortal To be saved is here, local and mortal
A.R. Ammons quotes: Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful. Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.
A.R. Ammons quotes: Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
A.R. Ammons quotes: The wonderful workings of the world: wonderful,wonderful: I'm surprised half the time The wonderful workings of the world: wonderful,
wonderful: I'm surprised half the time
A.R. Ammons quotes: It's not a love of poetry readings that attracts those who do come to them but theater. It's not a love of poetry readings that attracts those who do come to them but theater.
A.R. Ammons quotes: One can't have it both ways and both ways is the only way I want it. One can't have it both ways and both ways is the only way I want it.
A.R. Ammons quotes: Though I have looked everywhere / I can find nothing lowly / in the universe. Though I have looked everywhere / I can find nothing lowly / in the universe.
A.R. Ammons quotes: You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off. You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
A.R. Ammons quotes: If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster. If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.
A.R. Ammons quotes: If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included. If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included.
A.R. Ammons quotes: Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience. Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
A.R. Ammons quotes: The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance. The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
A.R. Ammons quotes: Plant the seed whose vine or tree may hang you. Plant the seed whose vine or tree may hang you.
A.R. Ammons quotes: The reeds giveway to thewind and givethe wind away The reeds give
way to the
wind and give
the wind away
A.R. Ammons quotes: Attend to mushrooms and all other things will answer up. Attend to mushrooms and all other things will answer up.
A.R. Ammons quotes: Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.
A.R. Ammons quotes: Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone. Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
A.R. Ammons quotes: Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers. Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
A.R. Ammons quotes: There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world. There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
A.R. Ammons quotes: A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction. A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction.

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