“Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.”
“Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.”
John Ciardi
“Poetry lies its way to the truth.”
John Ciardi“You don't have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. ”
John Ciardi“Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.”
John Ciardi“Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.”
John Ciardi“If a man means his writing seriously he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.”
John Ciardi“You have to fall in love with hanging around words.”
John Ciardi“Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.”
John Ciardi“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.”
John Ciardi“Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.”
John Ciardi“A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.”
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