I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.

Quote by E E Cummings

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Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

To destroy is always the first step in any creation.

To destroy is always the first step in any creation.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience...

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience...

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars...

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars...

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart).

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart).

If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little...

If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little...

To be nobody but yourself in a world doing its best to make you everybody...

To be nobody but yourself in a world doing its best to make you everybody...

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and...

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and...

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of...

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of...

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him...

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him...

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

Nothing recedes like progress.

Nothing recedes like progress.

Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy...

Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy...

The earth laughs in flowers.

The earth laughs in flowers.

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.

The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.

The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.

Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.

Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.