Alice Notley Quotes

• It's necessary to maintain a state of disobedience against...everything.

  Alice Notley

  States, Disobedience

  "'At the Mercy of My Poetic Voice': An Interview with Alice Notley". Interview with Lindsay Turner, bostonreview.net. November 12, 2013.

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• I do utterly despise dailiness as it stands. I can't abide what the world has become, the frozen-ness of our product this evil thing that we kiss the ass of every hour. I want a dailiness that is free and beautiful

  Alice Notley

  Beautiful, Kissing, Evil

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• In love there is no because.

  Alice Notley

  Alice Notley (2007). “In the Pines”, p.29, Penguin

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• I'm not an expert in the deck at all. My interest lies somewhere near a sense that words are like tarot cards, and that a poem manipulates unpredictable depths with its words. . . . I like the tarot because it works like poetry and because you don't really have to 'believe in' anything. It's there to be used. The symbols are remarkably durable and beautiful; they float out to encompass all kinds of meanings.

  Alice Notley

  Beautiful, Lying, Believe

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• Writing poetry is what I am. I wouldn’t know what else to be.

  Alice Notley

  Writing, Poetry Is, Writing Poetry

  "A Quick Interview With Alice Notley". Interview with Corey Zeller, ampersandreview.com. May 11, 2014.

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• Who do you serve? Do you serve somebody?
  I serve the poem, no one.

  Alice Notley

  Alice Notley (2007). “In the Pines”, p.57, Penguin

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