John Ciardi

Quotes

• “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...”
• “Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual de...”
• “Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.”
• “Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.”