One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them...

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them...

Slang is a poor man's poetry

Slang is a poor man's poetry