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Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.
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John Ciardi
linguist, poet, translator, writer, university teacher, science fiction writer, children's writer, journalist
1916 – 1986
John Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet and translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, he also wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, and recorded commentaries for National Public Radio.
All Quotes by John Ciardi
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And the time sundials tell
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One night I dreamed I was locked in my Father's watch
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A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.
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A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.
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One night I dreamed I was locked in my Father's watch
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Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.
— John Ciardi