John Ciardi

I'm smiled out, talked out, quipped out, socialized so far from any being, I need the weight of mortal silences to get realized back into myself. ↗

— John Ciardi

#tired #life

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. ↗

— John Ciardi

#better #better idea #happens #idea #looking

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old. ↗

— John Ciardi

#dependence #excitement #habituation #label #love is

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. ↗

— John Ciardi

#bear #bolt #good #hope #idea

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow. ↗

— John Ciardi

#deserve #deserves #give #him #honest

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. ↗

— John Ciardi

#college #faculty #interest #loses #students

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation. ↗

— John Ciardi

#nothing #sobriety #wrong

Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character. ↗

— John Ciardi

#character #further #goes #his #liberation

Poetry lies its way to the truth. ↗

— John Ciardi

#poetry #truth #way

The day will happen whether or not you get up. ↗

— John Ciardi

#get #happen #up #whether #will