Alice Notley Professions : Poet Born : November 8, 1945 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Alice Notley It's necessary to maintain a state of disobedience against...everything. Alice Notley disobedience states I do utterly despise dailiness as it stands. I can't abide what the world has become, the frozen-ness of our product this evil thing that we kiss the ass of every hour. I want a dailiness that is free and beautiful Alice Notley kissing evil beautiful I'm not an expert in the deck at all. My interest lies somewhere near a sense that words are like tarot cards, and that a poem manipulates unpredictable depths with its words. . . . I like the tarot because it works like poetry and because you don't really have to 'believe in' anything. It's there to be used. The symbols are remarkably durable and beautiful; they float out to encompass all kinds of meanings. Alice Notley beautiful believe lying Writing poetry is what I am. I wouldn’t know what else to be. Alice Notley writing-poetry poetry-is writing Who do you serve? Do you serve somebody? Alice Notley In love there is no because. Alice Notley Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors