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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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...

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.

The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.

The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.

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...

The earth laughs in flowers.

The earth laughs in flowers.

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root and...

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root and...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

I don't know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in...

I don't know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in...

Be of love (a little) more careful than of anything.

Be of love (a little) more careful than of anything.

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

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

A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the...

A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the...

It takes three to make a child.

It takes three to make a child.

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...

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.