If I’m going to [write] like someone else, then I don’t need to [write] at all.
— Billie Holiday | sing~write
I don’t like the idea of ‘understanding’ a [poem]. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a [poem] has something to say to you or it hasn’t. If you are moved by it, you don’t need it explained to you. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it.
— Federico Fellini | film~poem
