A. R. Ammons Quote

I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.


Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (ed. Univ of Michigan Pr, 1996)


I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability...

I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability...

I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability...

I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability...