I like the machinery of poems, especially when they have human warmth. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes human machinery poem
The muse, the beloved, and duende are three ways of thinking of what is the source of poetry, and all three seem to me different names or different ways to think about something that is not entirely reasonable, not entirely subject to the will, not entirely rational. Edward Hirsch belovedduendemuse share on social
My focus is on the reader and that the poet's job is not to inspire himself or herself. The poet's job is to inspire some future reader. Edward Hirsch focusfutureinspire Change image and share on social
You're trying to write about something that's sacred. You're trying to bring the seriousness of life and death to it, and you're trying to find a way to dramatize it, and you're trying to give language to it, which is inadequate. But it's important to try. Edward Hirsch bringdeathdramatize share on social
Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel ideanonsensicalpoem Change image and share on social
I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making. Guy Pearce explorationfilmform Change image and share on social
My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for? Virginia Woolf brainburybuzz Change image and share on social
