Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.
- John Ciardi - In Art
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Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.
- Francesco Guicciardini - In Friendship
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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.
- John Ciardi - In Love
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You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
- John Ciardi - In Poetry
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