Friday, September 16, 2011

Poetry Friday






Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.


~ Pablo Picasso ~






This is especially true of poetry, don't you think? --KK

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5 comments:

  1. Author AmokSeptember 16, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    Hi, Diane. We are on the same wavelength today. I have a post about poet Samuel Menashe and economy of language. The Picasso quote is perfect!

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  2. GatheringBooksSeptember 16, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Can't argue with Picasso. He's the man. Art - stripped bare of the riffraff.

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  3. Julie September 16, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    Oh, and that is SO hard to do, isn't it?

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  4. Amy L VSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    I DO think so! I have spent years learning to cut extra words from my poems, such wonderful practice for streamlining prose too... A.

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  5. Diane MayrSeptember 16, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Ah, yes. As Pascal once said, "I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had time to make it shorter."

    We all know how difficult it is, and how long it takes, to write something that is concise, yet beautiful.

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