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Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.

~George Oppen

Topics: Achieve Any Beautiful Beautiful Thing Clarity Did Limited Limiting Most Most Beautiful Most Beautiful Thing Motive Never Poetry Surely Thing World

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A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems.

~George Oppen

Topics: Character Derived Each Each One Poems Reason Series Terms Those True Which

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A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.

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Topics: Derived Each Mathematical Pure Rule Series Term Which Would

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The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.

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Topics: First Honesty Poetry Question Simply Sincerity Time

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The situation of the Old Left was the theory of Socialist Realism, etc. It seemed pointless to argue. We stayed carefully away from people who wrote for the New Masses.

~George Oppen

Topics: Argue Away Carefully Etc Left Masses New Old People Pointless Realism Seemed Situation Socialist Stayed Theory Who Wrote

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There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.

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Topics: Art Cannot Met Situations Which

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Things explain each other, not themselves.

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Topics: Each Explain Other Themselves Things

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Truth, also is the pursuit of it.

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Topics: Also Pursuit Truth

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: April 24th, 1908

Died: July 7th, 1984

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