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: Expectation Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Writing Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some...

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some...

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

Anger always comes from frustrated expectations

Anger always comes from frustrated expectations

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion...

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion...

To feel greatly, and understand greatly, and express greatly, the natural Beauty, is the sole...

To feel greatly, and understand greatly, and express greatly, the natural Beauty, is the sole...

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.