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Whitman Quotes

We all fear loneliness, madness, dying. Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, Leopardi and Hart Crane will not cure those fears. And yet these poets bring us fire and light Picture Quote #1

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever Picture Quote #1

It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that isn't about progress, and wants to - as Walt Whitman put it - 'contain multitudes.' Picture Quote #1

He who touches the soil of Manhattan and the pavement of New York, touches, whenever he knows or not, Walt Whitman Picture Quote #1

While the light burning within may have been divine, the outer case of the lamp was assuredly cheap enough. Whitman was, from first to last, a boorish, awkward poseur Picture Quote #1

I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings Picture Quote #1

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Some of his own closeness to nature, his great love for human beings, was passed on by Whitman to all of us who knew and loved him Picture Quote #1

I think there were two great gay Americans obviously, and that was Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman 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

You know what Arnold Schwarzenegger and Meg Whitman have in common? They both got in trouble for stiffing the maid Picture Quote #1

Walt Whitman defended the sacredness of love, the purity of passion - the passion that builds every home and fills the world with art and song Picture Quote #1

I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings Picture Quote #1

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Some of his own closeness to nature, his great love for human beings, was passed on by Whitman to all of us who knew and loved him Picture Quote #1

So who’s perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated Picture Quote #1

My heroes are, above all, the great 19th-century Americans: Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson and the others. I love the way they think Picture Quote #1

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We all fear loneliness, madness, dying. Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, Leopardi and Hart Crane will not cure those fears. And yet these poets bring us fire and light (Whitman Quotes) There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever (Whitman Quotes) It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that isn't about progress, and wants to - as Walt Whitman put it - 'contain multitudes.' (Whitman Quotes) He who touches the soil of Manhattan and the pavement of New York, touches, whenever he knows or not, Walt Whitman (Whitman Quotes) While the light burning within may have been divine, the outer case of the lamp was assuredly cheap enough. Whitman was, from first to last, a boorish, awkward poseur (Whitman Quotes) I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings (Whitman Quotes) Some of his own closeness to nature, his great love for human beings, was passed on by Whitman to all of us who knew and loved him (Whitman Quotes) I think there were two great gay Americans obviously, and that was Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman (Whitman Quotes) I still believe in this country, that it can fulfill the destiny Blake and Whitman envisioned. I still believe in American poetry. (Whitman Quotes) You know what Arnold Schwarzenegger and Meg Whitman have in common? They both got in trouble for stiffing the maid. (Whitman Quotes) Walt Whitman defended the sacredness of love, the purity of passion - the passion that builds every home and fills the world with art and song. (Whitman Quotes) I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings. (Whitman Quotes) Some of his own closeness to nature, his great love for human beings, was passed on by Whitman to all of us who knew and loved him. (Whitman Quotes) So who’s perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated. (Whitman Quotes) My heroes are, above all, the great 19th-century Americans: Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson and the others. I love the way they think. (Whitman Quotes)