Quotes

Andrew McMillan, Manchester Metropolitan University One of the things you get asked most when people find out that you’re a poet is whether you can recommend something that could be read at an upcoming wedding, or if you know something that might be suitable for a funeral. For most people, these occasions – as well […]

via A beginner’s guide to reading and enjoying poetry — Reading Room

1. I come to reviewing as a reader, a simple lover of books. For many years, I believed that loving a book was not reason enough to review it. I believed that one needed special degrees in judgement in order to be able to speak of books with the detachment and “objectivity” they deserved. Although […]

via 6 Thoughts on Reviewing Poetry + tips & where to submit reviews – guest blog post by Alina Stefanescu — Trish Hopkinson

“So the more privileged and comfortable someone’s life is, the harder it is for them to appreciate the needs and issues of those worse off. But as long as we don’t do something stupid like put the most pampered people in charge of running countries, we should be OK.” ― Dean Burnett, author, book quote […]

via “So the more privileged and comfortable someone’s life is, the harder it is for them to appreciate the needs and issues of those worse off. But as long as we don’t do something stupid like put the most pampered people in charge of running countries, we should be OK.” — Art of Quotation

“Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.” Werner Herzog, German, director

via “Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.” — Art of Quotation

“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Leonard Nimoy as fictional character Spock. “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”, 1982.

via “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” — Art of Quotation

“It’s a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no telling where you might be swept off to.” Ian Holm, actor, 1931-2020, movie quote As Bilbo Baggins from Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

via In Memory: “It’s a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no telling where you might be swept off to. — Art of Quotation

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless. Gustave Flaubert, French, writer

via “Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.” — Art of Quotation

In the early 20th century the American South was ravaged by pellagra, a nasty disease that produced the “four Ds” — dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia and death. At first, pellagra’s nature was uncertain, but by 1915 Dr. Joseph Goldberger, a Hungarian immigrant employed by the federal government, had conclusively shown that it was caused by nutritional […]

via “we’re still losing around 600 Americans per day — that is, we’re experiencing the equivalent of six 9/11s every month” — Art of Quotation

Early on Tuesday morning, officials rushed to save artist Andy Goldsworthy’s famed environmental artwork Spire from a series of brush fires raging in San Francisco’s Presidio National Park. Though salvaged from destruction, the beloved sculpture has been significantly charred in what investigators now believe was an act of arson. At least four towering fires, likely sparked by embers […]

via “What I do know is that art doesn’t give up.” — Art of Quotation

Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt. Milton Glaser, 1929-2020, illustrator, graphic designer

via In Memory: “To create something new you must have doubt.” — Art of Quotation