Russell Edson Professions : Poet Born : 1935 Died : April 29, 2014 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Russell Edson If one cannot accept failure and scorn, how is he to make his art? It's like wanting to go to heaven without dying. Russell Edson dying heaven art The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others. Russell Edson life-is-too-short advice giving It is very difficult to stop feeling. Russell Edson difficult feelings Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors