How funny your name would be if you could follow it back to where the first person thought of saying it, naming himself that, or maybe some other persons thought of it and named that person. It would be like following a river to its source, which would be impossible. Rivers have no source.


Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems (ed. Ecco, 2007)

John Ashbery Quotes

How funny your name would be if you could follow it back to where the first person thought of saying it, naming himself that, or maybe some other...

How funny your name would be if you could follow it back to where the first person thought of saying it, naming himself that, or maybe some other...

How funny your name would be if you could follow it back to where the first person thought of saying it, naming himself that, or maybe some other...

How funny your name would be if you could follow it back to where the first person thought of saying it, naming himself that, or maybe some other...