Famous quotes
Quotes by famous people, credited to who said them. Your own quotes must not match any of these. More are added all the time. 1,158,808 quotes Who coined it · How we decide
EnglishItalianoPolskiעבריתFrançaisPortuguêsفارسیEspañol中文РусскийDeutschالعربيةहिन्दी日本語ΕλληνικάLatina
Jericho Brown
4 quotes
“A poem should go beyond what you already know, and if it’s going to go beyond what you already know, a poem might say something that begins to have you question what side you’re on, which, in turn, might begin to have an audience question what side you’re on…”
Jericho Brown (born 1976) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how social and political crises are seeping into American poetry in “JERICHO BROWN in conversation with MICHAEL DUMANIS” in Bennington Review (2018 Oct 27)
“What happens at the beginning of your poem has to—because it’s a poem—be transformed by the end of your poem. So if the triggering moment for the beginning of your poem is a known political moment, I am fine with that, that’s great. But as I’m reading, I expect it to change because that was just the trigger…”
Jericho Brown (born 1976) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how poems might be structured around a political theme in “JERICHO BROWN in conversation with MICHAEL DUMANIS” in Bennington Review (2018 Oct 27)
“It is the hardest thing to take chaos and make order of it. Poetry is a veil in front of a heart beating at a very fast pace.”
Jericho Brown (born 1976) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his poems being likened to powder kegs in “Jericho Brown: ‘Poetry is a veil in front of a heart beating at a fast pace” in The Guardian (2018 Jul 28)
“A metaphor is a sign of desperation when we need another world to describe what we are feeling. Metaphors are about desperation and safety. We call out to metaphor because a metaphor makes us feel safe.”
Jericho Brown (born 1976) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how he employs metaphors in “Jericho Brown: ‘Poetry is a veil in front of a heart beating at a fast pace” in The Guardian (2018 Jul 28)