More quotes by John Ciardi

"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."
"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."
"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."