Louis Zukofsky Quotes & Sayings

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Round of fiddles playing Bach. — Louis Zukofsky

The more the words of others impressed him with their factual content, the more he felt he must wait for his own facts before being tempted into words. — Louis Zukofsky

This story was a story of our time. And a writer's attempts not to fathom his time amount but to sounding his mind in it. — Louis Zukofsky

Nothing is better for being Eternal
Nor so white as the white that dies of a day. — Louis Zukofsky

May is, Airs wreathe (times) : and they mirror: plus
Silence supports my pretension . . the parts
Ascend a tone, repeating, (tin ears) thus
(Listen) move past Jesus ratted in starch;
My contention . . that the slight disregards
My costs: Recorders: Fa - as what wind blew
Tossed coins in herrings heads, what journey thru
Mi et Mi Fa . . tota Musica, dearth
Such as voice courting voice has such value
Labor light lights in air, in earth, on earth — Louis Zukofsky

It was a pity that people did not risk enough to speak out in behalf of one another's happiness and their own.
— Louis Zukofsky

Only emotion objectified endures. — Louis Zukofsky

Sight is where the eye hits. — Louis Zukofsky

River that must turn full after I stop dying
Song, my song, raise grief to music
Light as my loves' thought, the few sick
So sick of wrangling: thus weeping,
Sounds of light, stay in her keeping
And my son's face - this much for honor. — Louis Zukofsky