If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making.

Quote by E E Cummings

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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America...

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America...

To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you...

To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you...

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

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

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...

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.

The earth laughs in flowers.

The earth laughs in flowers.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

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...

I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new...

I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new...

We fit together so well...it's like pieces of a puzzle, the way your hand fits...

We fit together so well...it's like pieces of a puzzle, the way your hand fits...

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

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

To destroy is always the first step in any creation.

To destroy is always the first step in any creation.

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...

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

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...

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...

It takes three to make a child.

It takes three to make a child.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.