Portrait of Kevin Clark holding his book Self-Portrait with Expletives. Kevin Clark is a poet, essayist, and teacher in the English Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.
“For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I already knew.”
“I like restraint—if doesn’t go too far.”
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
“Let’s play two.”
“Poetry begins where certitude ends.”
“The art of running the mile consists, in essence, of reaching the threshold of consciousness at the instant of breasting the tape.”
“Keep your eye clear and hit ’em where they ain’t.”
“There is only one plot: Things are not what they seem.”
“Poetry is a dream dreamed in the presence of reason.”
“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”
“A work of art is never completed, merely abandoned.”
“In the midst of our happiness we were very pleased.”
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”