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George Oppen quotes: The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on

The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on

George Oppen quotes: The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines.

The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines.

George Oppen quotes: Ultimately the airIs bare sunlight where must be foundThe lyric valuable.

Ultimately the air
Is bare sunlight where must be found
The lyric valuable.

George Oppen quotes: Among days// Having only the force/ Of days//Most simple/ Most difficult

Among days// Having only the force/ Of days//Most simple/ Most difficult

George Oppen quotes: I think there is no light in the worldbut the worldand I think there is light

I think there is no light in the world
but the world

and I think there is light

George Oppen quotes: A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.

A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.

George Oppen quotes: Truth, also is the pursuit of it.

Truth, also is the pursuit of it.

George Oppen quotes: The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.

The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.

George Oppen quotes: Things explain each other, not themselves.

Things explain each other, not themselves.

George Oppen quotes: [It is not] the poet's business to use verse as an advanced form of rhetoric, nor to give to political statements the aura of eternal truth.

[It is not] the poet's business to use verse as an advanced form of rhetoric, nor to give to political statements the aura of eternal truth.

George Oppen quotes: What I like more than anything is to visit other islands...

What I like more than anything is to visit other islands...

George Oppen quotes: It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than you know.

It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than you know.

George Oppen quotes: Only one mistake, Ezra! You should have talked to women.

Only one mistake, Ezra! You should have talked to women.

George Oppen quotes: There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.

There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.