"Poets and book designers should stay away for at least the next five years from cover images by:
Mark Rothko
Vincent Van Gogh
Jackson Pollock
Barnett Newman
and Jan Vermeer
I thought that rule would go without saying until I saw more than one serious, thoughtful new poetry book this year that violated it."
– poet and poetry critic Steve Burt
Do you agree? Would you add to this list?
Image of Rothko's No. 3, 1949 can be found here; real painting can be found in nyc, here.