Famous quotes containing the words archie randolph ammons, randolph ammons, archie randolph, randolph and/or ammons:
“no arranged terror: no forcing of image, plan,
or thought:
no propaganda, no humbling of reality to precept:
terror pervades but is not arranged, all possibilities
of escape open: no route shut,”
—Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)
“I have reached no conclusions, have erected no boundaries,
shutting out and shutting in, separating inside
from outside: I have
drawn no lines:”
—Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)
“only total expression
expresses hiding: I’ll have to say everything
to take on the roundness and withdrawal of the deep dark:
less than total is a bucketful of radiant toys.”
—Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)
“a word too much repeated
falls out of being”
—Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)
“The wonderful workings of the world: wonderful,
wonderful: I’m surprised half the time:”
—Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)