Mark Strand Quotes

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.

Mark Strand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 11, 1934 - November 29, 2014

Topics

PoetryLimitsBelieveLanguage

Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.

Joe Elliott

TogetherSongIdiotGoingBangFive

I try to represent specific experiences of specific characters, and that's all I want to try to do. I don't ever try to think about representing a culture, because its impossible, and someone will fault you. And it just doesn't interest me.

Jhumpa Lahiri

CultureMeImpossibleThinkSomeone

I'll probably make loads of plans, and then just sit around on my bottom all day long and do nothing.

John Deacon

DayLongPlansNothingBottomSit

Lots of opera singers are just boring.

Anna Netrebko

BoringOperaJustSingersLots

The mainstream media tend to lump everything together. To them, there's no difference between Madonna, the Rolling Stones, or whatever.

Angus Young

TogetherMediaDifferenceEverything

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

Ang Lee

Make It HappenYouFastFilmmaking

I find rage to be the scariest emotion as an actor, for me personally, to tap into. I don't like anger, and I don't like conflict particularly in my life. I like everybody to be nice and things to be easy.

Amy Landecker

LifeAngerMeConflictMy LifeFind

Our credo says that, in the end, we want to drive positive change in the lives of our stakeholders and communities across the world, enabling them to rise.

Anand Mahindra

PositiveChangeWorldDriveEnd

I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.

Steve Buscemi

WorkFindActorMoreAlwaysThen

I would love to do something with space. I'm obsessed with it. I just can't stop reading about it or watching videos about it or listening to TED Talks about it.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

LoveSpaceListeningReadingStop

He who has great power should use it lightly.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

PowerGreatWhoHeShouldLightly

Light is what gives joy to buildings.

Jaquelin T. Robertson

LightJoyBuildingsGives

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