Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
George Bernard Shaw
Wilson Mizner
Oswald Chambers
Baltasar Gracian
Norman Cousins
Dale Carnegie
All authors
Today's birthdays
1952 - David Icke
1954 - Jerry Seinfeld
1951 - Dale Earnhardt
1933 - Willie Nelson
1899 - Duke Ellington
1967 - Tony Bates
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Comedian
Philosopher
Businessman
Author
President
Athlete
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Favorite authors
John Ashbery Quotes
John Ashbery Quotes
John Ashbery
American
Poet
Born:
Jul 28
,
1927
Army
Confuse
People
Them
Think
You
Related authors:
Edgar Allan Poe
Emily Dickinson
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Maya Angelou
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert Frost
T. S. Eliot
Walt Whitman
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
Time
Closed
Poetry
Head
Feel
Look
Occasionally
Off
Going
Length
Works
The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.
John Ashbery
Sad
Poem
Because
Wants
Cannot
Yours
No more John Ashbery quotes
Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to John Ashbery.
Edgar Allan Poe
Emily Dickinson
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Maya Angelou