John Ashbery Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by John Ashbery:

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
~John Ashbery


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-ashbery-quotes/#48d6902d

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.
~John Ashbery


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-ashbery-quotes/#ce8dcc23

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
~John Ashbery


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-ashbery-quotes/#d3ba7540

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
~John Ashbery


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-ashbery-quotes/#8f5af1e6

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.
~John Ashbery


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-ashbery-quotes/#4e684e02

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