Steve Burt's Cease & Desist List [by Phoebe Putnam]

"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.