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William Stafford Quotes

A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things he would not have thought of if he had not started to say them Picture Quote #1

... What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That’s the world, and we all live there Picture Quote #1

The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It’s not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found Picture Quote #1

One way to find your place is like the rain, a million requests for lodging, one that wins, finds your cheek: you find your home Picture Quote #1

You were aimed from birth: you will never be alone... The whole wide world pours down Picture Quote #1

I have this feeling of wending my way or plundering through a mysterious jungle of possibilities when I am writing. This jungle has not been explored by previous writers. It never will be explored. It’s endlessly varying as we progress through the experience of time. These words that occur to me come out of my relation to the language which is developing even as I am using it Picture Quote #1

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It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals, a kind of secret code Picture Quote #1

You can treat experience as a set of surprises on which to exercise your quirky self Picture Quote #1

And the things you know before you hear them; these are you and the reason you are in the world Picture Quote #1

The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying the things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing the things you do not have to hear dulls your hearing. And the things you know before you hear them; these are you and the reason you are in the world Picture Quote #1

Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now? Picture Quote #1

When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the meaning has to go find an author again Picture Quote #1

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Can injustice one way be corrected without the interim reaction that tries to impose injustice the other way? Picture Quote #1

Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world. Hold out your hands to it. When morning and evenings roll along, watch how they open and close, how they invite you to the long party that your life is Picture Quote #1

I keep following this sort of hidden river of my life, you know, whatever the topic or impulse which comes, I follow it along trustingly. And I don’t have any sense of its coming to a kind of crescendo, or of its petering out either. It is just going steadily along Picture Quote #1

Literature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement Picture Quote #1

Some people are blinded by their experience. Soldiers know how important war is. Owners of slaves learn every day how inferior subject peoples are Picture Quote #1

I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else you’re postponing at best, your own development. The atmosphere of the workshop should be that of trying out one’s own work and accepting the signals from others but not accepting the dictation of others because that is a violation of the spirit of art. Art can’t be done by somebody else, it has got to be done by the artist Picture Quote #1

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A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things he would not have thought of if he had not started to say them (William Stafford Quotes) ... What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That’s the world, and we all live there (William Stafford Quotes) The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It’s not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found (William Stafford Quotes) One way to find your place is like the rain, a million requests for lodging, one that wins, finds your cheek: you find your home (William Stafford Quotes) You were aimed from birth: you will never be alone... The whole wide world pours down (William Stafford Quotes) I have this feeling of wending my way or plundering through a mysterious jungle of possibilities when I am writing. This jungle has not been explored by previous writers. It never will be explored. It’s endlessly varying as we progress through the experience of time. These words that occur to me come out of my relation to the language which is developing even as I am using it (William Stafford Quotes) It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals, a kind of secret code (William Stafford Quotes) You can treat experience as a set of surprises on which to exercise your quirky self (William Stafford Quotes) And the things you know before you hear them; these are you and the reason you are in the world (William Stafford Quotes) The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying the things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing the things you do not have to hear dulls your hearing. And the things you know before you hear them; these are you and the reason you are in the world (William Stafford Quotes) Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now? (William Stafford Quotes) When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the meaning has to go find an author again (William Stafford Quotes) Can injustice one way be corrected without the interim reaction that tries to impose injustice the other way? (William Stafford Quotes) Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world. Hold out your hands to it. When morning and evenings roll along, watch how they open and close, how they invite you to the long party that your life is (William Stafford Quotes) I keep following this sort of hidden river of my life, you know, whatever the topic or impulse which comes, I follow it along trustingly. And I don’t have any sense of its coming to a kind of crescendo, or of its petering out either. It is just going steadily along (William Stafford Quotes) Literature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement (William Stafford Quotes) Some people are blinded by their experience. Soldiers know how important war is. Owners of slaves learn every day how inferior subject peoples are (William Stafford Quotes) I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else you’re postponing at best, your own development. The atmosphere of the workshop should be that of trying out one’s own work and accepting the signals from others but not accepting the dictation of others because that is a violation of the spirit of art. Art can’t be done by somebody else, it has got to be done by the artist (William Stafford Quotes)

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