For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.

Quote by Robert Penn Warren

Topics: Autobiography Quotes, Poetr Quotes, Understanding Quotes

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing...

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying...

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things...

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the...

This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the...

Russia has two generals in whom she can confide -Generals Janvier and Fevrier

Russia has two generals in whom she can confide -Generals Janvier and Fevrier

Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games,...

What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games,...

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.