"The box was a universe, a poem, frozen on the boundaries of human experience"
- William Gibson
About this Quote
This quote by William Gibson explains a box as something that transcends human experience. Package is not simply a physical object, but rather a universe and a poem. Its borders are frozen, which recommends that it has no limit or boundary that people can understand. The description of the box as a universe and a poem is substantial since both are complicated and abstract ideas that surpass physicality. The text recollects the concept of checking out the unknown, discovering appeal in the unfamiliar, and embracing the mysteries of life. In essence, the quote invites readers to contemplate the limitless capacity that exists beyond what we already know.
This quote is written / told by William Gibson somewhere between March 17, 1948 and today. He was a famous Writer from USA.
The author also have 16 other quotes.
"Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative. Each poem is fixed in a moment. All those moments written or read together take on the movement and architecture of a narrative"
"The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don't see how you can do it otherwise"
"The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken"
"Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them"
"The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion"