Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
John Ashbery
Born: July 28, 1927
Died: September 3, 2017 (aged 90)
Bio: John Lawrence Ashbery was an American poet. He has published more than twenty volumes of poetry and won nearly every major American award for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.
Known for:
- Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975)
- Where Shall I Wander (2005)
- Flow Chart (1991)
- Houseboat Days (1957)
- A Worldly Country (2007)
John Ashbery Quotes