Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.
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John Ciardi was a 20th-century American poet, professor, translator. John Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet and translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, he also wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, and recorded commentaries for National Public Radio. Read more on Wikipedia →