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

  • It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

  • Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

  • Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

  • 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.