Top 25 Quotes by Mark Strand of 58 - Page 3

In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.

In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.

Missing, Fields, Absence

Mark Strand (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.79, Knopf

But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving.

Mark Strand

Thinking, Self, Expression

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream.

Mark Strand

Mainstream Society, America, Culture

"In the Presence of America: A Conversation with Mark Strand". Interview with Katharine Coles, weberstudies.weber.edu. 1992.

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.

Mark Strand

Comfort, Culture, Entertainment

...In another time, What cannot be seen will define us, and we shall be prompted To say that language is error, and all things are wronged By representation. The self, we shall say, can never be Seen with a disguise, and never be seen without one.

Mark Strand

Errors, Self, Language

Mark Strand (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.346, Knopf