“My Mother used to say that children, poets, and schizophremics all use language in a similar way.” (pg. 152)
“We paste conventional meaning everywhere, often where it doens’t belong.” (pg. 153)
“For Surrealists, I gather, dream imagination and unconscious thought were sources of truth and moral purity.” (pg. 153)
“In the end, all my poes say something.” (pg. 153)
“Suddenly the walls of our small house in the neighberood of La Reina in Santiago, Chile, were filled with art that I now realize was surrealist, buth which, at the time seemed strange, even scary.” (pg. 161)
“I must eat cabbage in some style before every poem” (pg. 164)
“Oh, the usual suspects fascinated me whn i was a kid: Dali, Magritte, Hieronymous Bosch. Bugs Bunny, the Roadrunner, Felix the Cat.” (pg.166)
“I was twisted, i trhived on the offbeat.” (pg.166)
“At the heart of Surrealism is revolt.” (pg. 167)
“keep one eye on the outer world and one eye focused within.” (pg. 167)
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