Robert Pinsky Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: b. October 20, 1940
Birthday: October 20
The medium of poetry is a human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is just as physical or bodily an art as dancing.
source: Robert Pinsky (2014). “The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide”, p.8, Macmillan
topic: Art, Air, Dancing, Chests, Signifying
