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Robert Morgan Quotes: It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience.
         

It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience.


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You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. It's one of the great things poetry does.

You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. It's one of the great things poetry does.



I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.



Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.



A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.

A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.



Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that.

Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that.



I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.

I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.



Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.

Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.



Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.

Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.



The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.

The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.



If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.

If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.





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It is a tiresome way of speaking when you should despatch the business to beat about the bush.



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You lack the courage to be consumed in flames and to become ashes: so you will never become new, and never young again!

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As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep you eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole.

As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep you eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole.



I didn't play my best but I won. He was a lucky loser but I think he went out of luck today.

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