Quote by Frank O'Hara

The beauty of America, neither cool jazz nor devoured Egyptian heroes, lies in lives in the darkness I inhabit in the midst of sterile millions.

The beauty of America, neither cool jazz nor devoured Egypti

Summary

This quote suggests that the true beauty of America cannot be found in its popular cultural icons like jazz or mythical figures like Egyptian heroes. Instead, it resides in the narrator's personal experience of living in the shadows of a seemingly soulless society with sterile, numbed masses. It hints at finding beauty in the unnoticed and unspoken aspects of American life, which can transcend prevailing narratives and offer a deeper understanding of the country's essence.

Topics

Beauty Heroes

By Frank O'Hara

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats

All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats.

Funny

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry i

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.

Marguerite Young

I love marriage.

I love marriage.

Marriage

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, "Four

Endings

One side of the American psyche wants smaller government, lo

One side of the American psyche wants smaller government, lower taxes, and more choices for individuals, even if those choices increase risk. The other wants a strong social safety net to protect the weakest among us, even if it costs more to minimize risk.

Government

There are people who desperately want to change the world. I

There are people who desperately want to change the world. I wonder if it could be measured, because the world is already in the state of continuously change since the beginning of time. Or they may just want their names etched nicely on men history.

Life Truth Change History World Perception

Now, as a law directed against the mass of the nation has no

Now, as a law directed against the mass of the nation has not the nature of a reasonable institution, so neither has it the authority: for in all forms of government the people is the true legislator; and whether the immediate and instrumental cause of the law be a single person or many,

Government

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is differ

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.

Wisdom Life Imagination Reality Truth Love Friendship Desire Honesty Relationships Passion Individuality Romance Emotion

Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.

Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.

Unwavering obedience to the true principals we learn will as

Unwavering obedience to the true principals we learn will assure us spiritual survival.

Obedience

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty, he sinks into oblivion. Society, on the other hand, has no obligation toward the poet. A majority by definition, society thinks of itself as having other options than reading verses, no matter how well written. Its failure to do so results in its sinking to that level of locution at which society falls easy prey to a demagogue or a tyrant. This is society's own equivalent of oblivion.

Dad

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind which contemplates them

Beauty