Mark Strand Quotes & Sayings
25 most famous Mark Strand quotes and sayings (poet). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“The future is always beginning now.”
“For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better.”
“Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.”
“I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.”
“A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.”
“Each moment is a place you've never been.”
“I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.”
“There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.”
“Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.”
“I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.”
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