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" I'm so happy to be an advocate for poetry. "

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" Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. "

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" Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have. "

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" Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. "

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" In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty. "

" Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness. "

" Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. "

" A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote. "

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" Poetry is more a threshold than a path. "

" Long before we created libraries, or even books, poetry was the way we humans remembered who we were, a primary means of documenting and contemplating our lives. "

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" I began to imitate what I was reading, and I started to become a poet, even though what I was writing were not good poems. "

" I aspire to a poetry of great formal integrity, deep passion and high intellect, and I have many models for how to do that. "

" So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. "