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Philip Levine Quotes

I’m seventy-one now, so it’s hard to imagine a dramatic change Picture Quote #1

I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong Picture Quote #1

My temperament is not geared to that of a novelist Picture Quote #1

There’ll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory Picture Quote #1

I still believe in this country, that it can fulfill the destiny Blake and Whitman envisioned. I still believe in American poetry Picture Quote #1

I’m afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. and yet we find it, as I have, from others Picture Quote #1

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I realized poetry’s the thing that I can do ‘cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity Picture Quote #1

The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry Picture Quote #1

Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it’s the home of the extraordinary, the only home Picture Quote #1

My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs Picture Quote #1

Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You’ll have that readership. Keep going until you know you’re doing work that’s worthy. And then see what happens. That’s my advice Picture Quote #1

But I’m too old to be written about as a young poet Picture Quote #1

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My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family Picture Quote #1

I write what’s given me to write Picture Quote #1

I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet Picture Quote #1

I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home Picture Quote #1

Back then, I couldn’t have left a poem a year and gone back to it Picture Quote #1

How weightless/ words are when nothing will do Picture Quote #1

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You have begun to separate the dark from the dark Picture Quote #1

There’ll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory Picture Quote #1

But most commonly, it’s one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity Picture Quote #1

I’m saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity Picture Quote #1

For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion Picture Quote #1

I find you in these tears, few, useless and here at last. Don’t come back Picture Quote #1

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Now I must wait and be still and say nothing I don’t know, nothing I haven’t lived over and over, and that’s everything Picture Quote #1

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I’m seventy-one now, so it’s hard to imagine a dramatic change (Philip Levine Quotes) I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong (Philip Levine Quotes) My temperament is not geared to that of a novelist (Philip Levine Quotes) There’ll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory. (Philip Levine Quotes) I still believe in this country, that it can fulfill the destiny Blake and Whitman envisioned. I still believe in American poetry. (Philip Levine Quotes) I’m afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. and yet we find it, as I have, from others (Philip Levine Quotes) I realized poetry’s the thing that I can do ‘cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity (Philip Levine Quotes) The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry (Philip Levine Quotes) Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it’s the home of the extraordinary, the only home (Philip Levine Quotes) My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs (Philip Levine Quotes) Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You’ll have that readership. Keep going until you know you’re doing work that’s worthy. And then see what happens. That’s my advice (Philip Levine Quotes) But I’m too old to be written about as a young poet (Philip Levine Quotes) My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family (Philip Levine Quotes) I write what’s given me to write (Philip Levine Quotes) I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet (Philip Levine Quotes) I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home (Philip Levine Quotes) Back then, I couldn’t have left a poem a year and gone back to it (Philip Levine Quotes) How weightless/ words are when nothing will do (Philip Levine Quotes) You have begun to separate the dark from the dark (Philip Levine Quotes) There’ll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory (Philip Levine Quotes) But most commonly, it’s one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity (Philip Levine Quotes) I’m saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity (Philip Levine Quotes) For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion (Philip Levine Quotes) I find you in these tears, few, useless and here at last. Don’t come back (Philip Levine Quotes) Now I must wait and be still and say nothing I don’t know, nothing I haven’t lived over and over, and that’s everything (Philip Levine Quotes)