“So if I have an ethics, it is simply to be true, but never at the expense of original language.”— Henri Cole, theparisreview.orgTagged: Ethics In Writing, Ethical Writing
“In any case, a sentimental, moralizing poem is not what I want to write. I don’t want the reader to experience comfort—I want the opposite. A lyric poem presents an X-ray of the self in a moment of being, and usually this means dissonance.”— Henri Cole, theparisreview.orgTagged: Art Is Meant To Disturb You, Creating Art That Shakes A Human Soul