The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
EZRA POUND
EZRA POUND
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Poetry is a dissociating and anarchic force which through analogy, associations and imagery, thrives on the destruction of known relationships.
Antonin ArtaudAntonin Artaud I think I discovered my first, you know, my first image of a naked woman was sort of sneaking a peek at one of those magazines that was in my dad’s store.
Aasif MandviAasif Mandvi The metaphor is – an origin, the origin of an image which acts directly, immediately.
Gaston BachelardGaston Bachelard The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.
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Gaston BachelardGaston Bachelard When the image is new, the world is new.
Gaston BachelardGaston Bachelard To verify images kills them, and it is always more enriching to imagine than to experience.
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