Everyone enjoys stories of double lives and secret identities. Children have Superman; intellectuals have Wallace Stevens.
Dana GioiaThe purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society.
Dana GioiaPoetry offers a way of understanding and expressing existence that is fundamentally different from conceptual thought.
Dana Gioia