I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.

  • -- Randall Jarrell 兰德尔·贾雷尔

我认为,我们现代文化的一个可能定义是,我们十分之九的知识分子不会读诗。

相关名言

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.

永远不要拒绝客户的要求,即使是月亮。你总可以试一试,不管怎样,以后还有很多时间来解释这是不可能的。

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.

我在这个小镇上长大,我的诗歌诞生在山和河之间,它从雨中发出声音,像树木一样,它浸透在森林里。

Each time I think there is no place lower to go, I find that there is at least one place that will mess you up worse than you were.

每次我觉得没有比这更低的地方可去的时候,我发现至少有一个地方会把你弄得比以前更糟。

The best quotes isn’t having the most beautiful or the longest words, but the one that matches our feeling, when we read it.

最好的名言并不是最漂亮或最长的单词,而是当我们读它的时候,它符合我们的感觉。

There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored that can speak to them.

在我们的文化中,有很多被忽视的美好事物,它们可以与我们对话。

Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.

想象力是通向未来的唯一钥匙。没有它,一切都不存在——有了它,一切皆有可能。

It's up to us to take pop culture back and to express quality and dignity for both boys and girls.

我们要做的是把流行文化带回来,为男孩和女孩表达品质和尊严。

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

要有伟大的诗人,必须有伟大的听众。

Just as we are what we eat, we are what we read.

正如我们吃什么就成为什么,我们读什么就成为什么。

Your body hears everything you think.

你的身体能听到你所想的一切。