Things explain each other, not themselves.
Things explain each other, not themselves. - George Oppen
- George Oppen
The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on - George Oppen
The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on
A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule. - George Oppen
A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.
The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines. - George Oppen
The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines.
There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art. - George Oppen
There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.
Those who are not very concerned with art want poems or pictures to record for them something they already know - as one might want a picture of a pl… - George Oppen
Those who are not very concerned with art want poems or pictures to record for them something they already know - as one might want a picture of a pl…
Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of po… - George Oppen
Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of po…
It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than you know. - George Oppen
It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than you know.
The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. - George Oppen
The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.
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