Quotes by John Ciardi

"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."

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"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."

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"Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old."

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"You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone."

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"Poetry lies its way to the truth."

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