Writers and poets

Oscar Wilde is one of the most quotable writers of all time, and here are his most famous quotes used to tell his life story.

“Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.” ― Anne Sexton, American, poet, writer, Pulitzer Prize winner

Genius, captured on camera.

“An artist is a sort of emotional or spiritual historian. His role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are.”

“Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

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Authors spend their lives expressing life's intricacies. Their last words capture this elegance.

Don't worry, even geniuses are idiots.

Ein Fotoband zeigt bis jetzt unbekannte Bilder aus dem Leben Ernest Hemingways. Vor 50 Jahren hatte der Schriftsteller es selbst beendet.

The latest issue of Aperture magazine focuses on the relationship between literature and photography. The editors were kind enough to share the feature below, in which four poets discuss some of their favorite photographs. It appears in Aperture magazine #217, Winter 2014, “Lit,” as “Collectors: The Poets.” John Ashbery Sergio Larrain, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Before the Deux Magots Café, 1959. […]