There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

—John Ashbery

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About John Ashbery

Portrait of John Ashbery

John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet and art critic.

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Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.

—E. O. Wilson

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If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

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No one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head.

—Rachel Cohn in Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares

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If you can't convince them, confuse them.

—Harry S. Truman

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May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

—George Carlin

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