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A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: The oppressed grows weightless: doze/n th/rough c/and/or man/aged

The oppressed grows weightless: doze/n th/rough c/and/or man/aged leg/ions stud/ents — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Definition, rationality, and structure are 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

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: I take the walk to be the externalization

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

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: In nature there are few sharp lines.

In nature there are few sharp lines. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: What destruction have I been blessed by?

What destruction have I been blessed by? — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Things go away to return, brightened for the

Things go away to return, brightened for the passage — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Each poem in becoming generates the laws by

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

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Only silence perfects silence.

Only silence perfects silence. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: I have a life that did not become,that

I have a life that did not become,
that turned aside and stopped,
astonished — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: The white sun like a moth on a

The white sun like a moth on a string circles the southpole. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: To be saved is here, local and mortal

To be saved is here, local and mortal — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.

Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Once every five hundred years or so, a

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

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: The wonderful workings of the world: wonderful,wonderful: I'm

The wonderful workings of the world: wonderful,
wonderful: I'm surprised half the time — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: It's not a love of poetry readings that

It's not a love of poetry readings that attracts those who do come to them but theater. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: One can't have it both ways and both

One can't have it both ways and both ways is the only way I want it. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Though I have looked everywhere / I can

Though I have looked everywhere / I can find nothing lowly / in the universe. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: You have your identity when you find out,

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

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: If a poem is each time new, then

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

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: If the greatest god is the stillness all

If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: The poet exposes himself to the risk. All

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

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Plant the seed whose vine or tree may

Plant the seed whose vine or tree may hang you. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: The reeds giveway to thewind and givethe wind

The reeds give
way to the
wind and give
the wind away — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Attend to mushrooms and all other things will

Attend to mushrooms and all other things will answer up. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Probably all the attention to poetry results in

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

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Is it not careless to become too local

Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine

Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: There's something to be said in favor of

There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world. — A.R. Ammons

A R Ammons Quotes By A.R. Ammons: A poem generated by its own laws may

A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction. — A.R. Ammons