The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on George Oppen More Quotes by George Oppen More Quotes From George Oppen Those who are not very concerned with art want poems or pictures to record for them something they already know - as one might want a picture of a place he loves. George Oppen recordspoetryart The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines. George Oppen pulselinesshapes Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity. George Oppen claritybeautifulworld Things explain each other, not themselves. George Oppen The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. George Oppen honesthonestyfirsts There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art. George Oppen metssituationart A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule. George Oppen mathematicaltermwould-be It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than you know. George Oppen writtenstudyknows A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems. George Oppen whichtruereasoncharacter The situation of the Old Left was the theory of Socialist Realism, etc. It seemed pointless to argue. We stayed carefully away from people who wrote for the New Masses. George Oppen oldnewsituationpeople Truth, also is the pursuit of it. George Oppen alsopursuittruth
