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Gerald Stern quotes: It's just that very few poets disturb the peace to any degree.

It's just that very few poets disturb the peace to any degree.

Gerald Stern quotes: If the Buddhist's job is to be detached, I think that the artist's job is to be both detached and attached.

If the Buddhist's job is to be detached, I think that the artist's job is to be both detached and attached.

Gerald Stern quotes: I feel that my job, as an artist, is to disturb the peace. And to disturb it intellectually, linguistically, politically and literally.

I feel that my job, as an artist, is to disturb the peace. And to disturb it intellectually, linguistically, politically and literally.

Gerald Stern quotes: Bruce Smith is a tender master of music, and beautiful lines, and complex thoughts, and fascinating wild personal and cultural references.

Bruce Smith is a tender master of music, and beautiful lines, and complex thoughts, and fascinating wild personal and cultural references.

Gerald Stern quotes: There are hundreds of prisons - sexual, political, cultural. But being a prisoner also gives you impetus.

There are hundreds of prisons - sexual, political, cultural. But being a prisoner also gives you impetus.

Gerald Stern quotes: Sometimes a person thinks he's attached to one thing and he's really attached to something else.

Sometimes a person thinks he's attached to one thing and he's really attached to something else.

Gerald Stern quotes: I have left out what I don't remember or don't know. Temperament, fear, shyness, obedience, kindness.

I have left out what I don't remember or don't know. Temperament, fear, shyness, obedience, kindness.

Gerald Stern quotes: I will look at the footprints going in and out of the water and dream up a small blue good to talk to.

I will look at the footprints going in and out of the water and dream up a small blue good to talk to.

Gerald Stern quotes: Oppressed persons, oppressed cultures, tend to be more political, obviously, as are those with a rage for justice, or the crazy messianic desire.

Oppressed persons, oppressed cultures, tend to be more political, obviously, as are those with a rage for justice, or the crazy messianic desire.

Gerald Stern quotes: Men aren't called pricks, but women are called cunts.

Men aren't called pricks, but women are called cunts.

Gerald Stern quotes: Teaching poetry, teaching as such, is worthy - if back breaking ...

Teaching poetry, teaching as such, is worthy - if back breaking ...

Gerald Stern quotes: lucky life isn't one long string of horrors.

lucky life isn't one long string of horrors.

Gerald Stern quotes: Some poems are art because of their passion.

Some poems are art because of their passion.

Gerald Stern quotes: I've spent hundreds of hours working over words, and part of me, a large part of me, has a desire to do something else.

I've spent hundreds of hours working over words, and part of me, a large part of me, has a desire to do something else.

Gerald Stern quotes: The artist looks for a subject. You know, a lot of new poets don't seem to have a subject. I don't totally understand that.

The artist looks for a subject. You know, a lot of new poets don't seem to have a subject. I don't totally understand that.