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

Quote by Randall Jarrell

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One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have...

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other...

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other...

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every...

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with...

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with...

He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding...

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding...

The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.

The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture...

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of...

Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of...

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache