Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Alice Notley

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Alice Notley.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Alice Notley is an American poet. Notley came to prominence as a member of the second generation of the New York School of poetry—although she has always denied being involved with the New York School or any specific movement in general. Notley's early work laid both formal and theoretical groundwork for several generations of poets; she is considered a pioneering voice on topics like motherhood and domestic life.

American - Poet | Born: November 8, 1945

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Who do you serve? Do you serve somebody? I serve the poem, no one.

Alice Notley

I'm not an expert in the deck at all. My interest lies somewhere near a sense that words are like tarot cards, and that a poem manipulates unpredictable depths with its words. . . . I like the tarot because it works like poetry and because you don't really have to 'believe in' anything. It's there to be used. The symbols are remarkably durable and beautiful; they float out to encompass all kinds of meanings.

Alice Notley

It's necessary to maintain a state of disobedience against...everything.

Alice Notley

I do utterly despise dailiness as it stands. I can't abide what the world has become, the frozen-ness of our product this evil thing that we kiss the ass of every hour. I want a dailiness that is free and beautiful

Alice Notley

Writing poetry is what I am. I wouldn’t know what else to be.

Alice Notley

In love there is no because.

Alice Notley

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Alice Notley

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