Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. ~Gustave Flaubert
Photo: Juan Mele, 1946, courtesy of The Blanton Museum of Art
This post is part of my Poetry Quote a Day series for National Poetry Month.
This is funny because I am not a fan of anything mathematical.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't, click through to the article on the art exhibit. Those paintings are fabulous. I wish I could see them in person.
ReplyDeleteI really like this, and I read it in two different ways--the pure heart of any real poem, and also the fun puzzle-like aspect of many poems, the precision required for them--especially many poetic forms.
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