![“Abstraction in poetry, which Allen [Ginsberg] recently commented on in It Is, is intriguing. I think it appears mostly in the minute particulars where decision is necessary. Abstraction (in poetry, not painting) involves personal removal by the poet. For instance, the decision involved in the choice between “the nostalgia of the infinite” and “the nostalgia for the infinite” defines an attitude towards degree of abstraction. The nostalgia of the infinite representing the greater degree of abstraction, removal, and negative capability (as in Keats and Mallarmé).”
–Frank O’Hara, Personism: A Manifesto
surrealism:
The Nostalgia of the Infinite by Georgio de Chirico, 19111. Oil on canvas, 135.2 x 64.8 cm. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
Scholars differ on when the painting was actually completed. Most believe that it was actually painted between 1912 or 1913. MOMA.org ↩](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvak6v1Dsj1qzse0lo1_500.png)
“Abstraction in poetry, which Allen [Ginsberg] recently commented on in It Is, is intriguing. I think it appears mostly in the minute particulars where decision is necessary. Abstraction (in poetry, not painting) involves personal removal by the poet. For instance, the decision involved in the choice between “the nostalgia of the infinite” and “the nostalgia for the infinite” defines an attitude towards degree of abstraction. The nostalgia of the infinite representing the greater degree of abstraction, removal, and negative capability (as in Keats and Mallarmé).”
–Frank O’Hara, Personism: A Manifesto
The Nostalgia of the Infinite by Georgio de Chirico, 19111. Oil on canvas, 135.2 x 64.8 cm. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
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