If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good oneโand the same goes for paintings.
Elizabeth BishopOpen the book. (The gilt rubs off the edges of the pages and pollinates the fingertips.)
Elizabeth BishopWhy shouldn't we, so generally addicted to the gigantic, at last have some small works of art, some short poems, short pieces of music [...], some intimate, low-voiced, and delicate things in our mostly huge and roaring, glaring world?
Elizabeth Bishop