I love you. I love you, but Iβm turning to my verses and my heart is closing like a fist.
Frank O'HaraRead
The stars fell one by one into his eyes and burnt.
Interpretation
The quote evokes the idea of overwhelming beauty that leaves a profound impact on the observer.
In this quote, Frank O'Hara uses vivid imagery to express how the beauty of the stars can inspire intense emotions, suggesting that such beauty can be both captivating and painful. The act of the stars falling into one's eyes symbolizes an intimate connection with the awe-inspiring aspects of existence, reflecting how art can deeply affect our perception and emotional state.
In practice
This quote could be a wonderful addition to an art exhibition showcasing celestial themes.
I love you. I love you, but Iβm turning to my verses and my heart is closing like a fist.
I don't ... like rhythm, assonance, all that stuff. You just go on your nerve. If someone's chasing you down the street with a knife you just run, you don't turn around and shout, 'Give it up! I was a track star for Mineola Prep.'
I wouldnβt want to be faster or greener than now if you were with me O you were the best of all my days!
My heart is in my/ pocket. It is poems by Pierre Reverdy.
I don't believe in god, so I don't have to make elaborately sounded structures. ... Pain always produces logic, which is very bad for you. ... As for measure and other technical apparatus, that's just common sense: if you're going to buy a pair of pants you want them to be tight enough so everyone will want to go to bed with you. There's nothing metaphysical about it.
I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It's more important to confirm the least sincere. The clouds get enough attention as it is.
I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.
Until I saw Chardin's painting, I never realized how much beauty lay around me in my parents' house, in the half-cleared table, in the corner of a tablecloth left awry, in the knife beside the empty oyster shell.
There's racist casting, and there is normal casting. Normal casting, to me, is a process that strives for representation and, in many cases, strives to simply portray the world as it actually is instead of as falsely non-inclusive. And sadly, sometimes that involves removing the whitewash that exists on history.
The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.
It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work.
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.
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