Frank Bidart Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“But being is making; not only large things, a family, a book, a business; but the shape we give this afternoon, a conversation between friends, a meal.”
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“We fill pre-existing forms and when we fill them we change them and are changed.”
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“Making is the mirror in which we see ourselves.”
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“Once you reach what is / inside it is outside.”
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“To make a film you have to dream a film... that's true of poetry as well.”
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“Earth you know is round but seems flat. // You can't trust / your senses.”
-- Frank Bidart
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