We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
Interpretation
Poetry is a fundamental aspect of our humanity, not just a pleasant pastime.
This quote emphasizes the essential role poetry plays in our lives as it reflects our shared experiences and emotions as human beings. It suggests that engaging with poetry is a profound expression of our identity and a way to connect with the depths of what it means to live and feel, rather than merely an aesthetic or whimsical activity.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of the arts in education, one might say this quote to emphasize why poetry matters.
It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.' Because you have that initial warm feeling going, 'Oh, I remember this'. And your body does, too. And your body goes, 'Yeah, so do I'. Then the demon voice comes, 'Yeah, so do I. You know what would be great? You know we bought a little bottle before? A full bottle would be wonderful'.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
I won't get into it any more than to say that there are parts of me in all the songs that I write.
Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented
The tango is a direct expression of something that poets have often tried to state in words: the belief that a fight may be a celebration.
Boredom is not an end-product, is comparatively rather an early stage in life and art. You've got to go by or past or through boredom, as through a filter, before the clear product emerges.
"Dirty Love" wasn't written and directed, it was committed. Here is a film so pitiful, it doesn't rise to the level of badness. It is hopelessly incompetent... I am not certain that anyone involved has ever seen a movie, or knows what one is.
My writing is jagged and harsh, I want it to remain that way; I don't want it smoothed out.
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