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"I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what."
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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."
"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."
"The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode."
"Music heals all forms of misery."
"The man can neither make, nor retain, one moment of time; it all comes to him by pure gift; he might as well regard the sun and moon as his chattels."
"The business of art lies just in this, -- to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible."
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"I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first."
"Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it."
"Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves."
"Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career."
"My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts."
"Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood."
"When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all."
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