What is it about a work of art, even when it is bought and sold in the market, that makes us distinguish it from . . . pure commodities? A work of ar….

In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It's that imbalance which i….

We are all naturally seekers of wonders. We travel far to see the majesty of old ruins, the venerable forms of the hoary mountains, great waterfalls,….

Art is first a seeing and then a revealing.

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul..

What makes a sentence, a phrase, a moment, or a scene delightful? Something about recognizing the truth in it, hearing the music in it, understanding….

Today the art of gardening is practised much more often than any other, in ignorant, impulsive ways, by people who never stop to think that it is an ….

I heard some famous people had an anniversary, five long years together, it was Hollywood history. Now my grandma and grandpa never made no printed p….

We see nothing till we truly understand it..

Above all, it is a matter of loving art, not understanding it..

The strength you've insisted on assigning to others is actually within yourself..

Love has no place for idealization..

Eating in Italy is essentially a family art, practiced for and by the family. The finest accomplishments of the home cook are not reserved like the g….

Here we are now, entertain us..

If the whole is to be Art, the parts must not try to be..

I think, as poets, we are in the odd position of constantly defending our art form. Which is funny and also sort of invigorating, too. No one really ….

Poems have always been a place for questions for me. Not answers. And I have a lot of questions these days. One of the reasons I've felt so connected….

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent..

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had taught….

The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our own way through th….

I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is….