Equi Quotes

#1. In 'A Poetics of Optics,' Equi writes that 'all images bank on alchemy.' This idea captures her fundamental sense of poetry as turning common material into something rare and valuable.

Floyd Skloot

#2. Tempore difficiles veniunt ad aratra juvenci;
Tempore lenta pati frena docentur equi.
In time the unmanageable young oxen come to the plough; in time the horses are taught to endure the restraining bit.

Ovid

#3. Lente, lente currite, noctis equi. Translation: Run slowly, slowly, horses of the night.

Ovid

#4. Elaine Equi has been publishing her observant, often playful poetry for some 30 years, extending and deepening the range of her intrinsically wry voice.

Floyd Skloot

#5. To say that I have an undisciplined mind would not be incorrect overall, but it's a little off the mark because I have great discipline when I write - but only for about ten minutes.

Roseanne Barr

#6. Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that's why we're here!

Brene Brown

#7. Don't let fear play with you; love is the game changer.

Bryant McGill

#8. We've never advocated violence; violence is inflicted upon us. But we do believe in self-defense for ourselves and for black people.

Huey Newton

#9. I think this last film I finished, 'The Butler,' is the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire.

Lee Daniels

#10. Integrity is not a character trait that one possesses more or less of but a sophisticated state of processing experience in the world one enters into in varying degrees. Integrating is a major developmental task at every stage of life.

David A. Kolb

#11. Art is not an object, but a way of looking at an object.

Elaine Equi

#12. Fill yourself with love to feel the abundance of life.

Debasish Mridha