The inner and outer, the visible and invisible, the abstract and concrete - you've got to get the balance right (not that I do, but it's something to aim for).
The earth has always supported me in all my endeavors. I trust it. - Elaine Equi
The earth has always supported me in all my endeavors. I trust it.
- Elaine Equi
I can never plan out what direction my poems will take in terms of either form or content. I wish I could but it doesn't work that way for me. If I t… - Elaine Equi
I can never plan out what direction my poems will take in terms of either form or content. I wish I could but it doesn't work that way for me. If I t…
I don't like speed. I would have made a terrible Futurist. Even when I did take drugs, I never liked amphetamines and much preferred the slow taffy-p… - Elaine Equi
I don't like speed. I would have made a terrible Futurist. Even when I did take drugs, I never liked amphetamines and much preferred the slow taffy-p…
I never liked the philosophy that you can have everything and be everything and that something is wrong if you don't want that. I'm terrible at multi… - Elaine Equi
I never liked the philosophy that you can have everything and be everything and that something is wrong if you don't want that. I'm terrible at multi…
In a machine, every part has a function. In a poem, every word needs to be there. - Elaine Equi
In a machine, every part has a function. In a poem, every word needs to be there.
I tend to like poems that are short as well as funny. I love Joe Brainard and Aram Saroyan. And I think their sense of humor and minimalist approach … - Elaine Equi
I tend to like poems that are short as well as funny. I love Joe Brainard and Aram Saroyan. And I think their sense of humor and minimalist approach …
I wonder if books become in essence "files" if people wouldn't write them differently. I'm used to writing print books and I enjoy the slowness of th… - Elaine Equi
I wonder if books become in essence "files" if people wouldn't write them differently. I'm used to writing print books and I enjoy the slowness of th…
I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question. - Elaine Equi
I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question.
When I shut off the verbal, I like to escape into the visual. - Elaine Equi
When I shut off the verbal, I like to escape into the visual.
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