52 result(s) for Elizabeth Bishop Quotes.
"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster."
"I am not a poet because I am a poet, but because I am not a poet."
"We are not all of us, you see, here to be, and that is a good thing to know."
"Everything is nicer when it isn’t set down in black and white."
"The heart's a place where dreams and desires take flight; it is the center of our being."
"I am not sure what I want to say; I only know that I want to say it."
"A poem is like a woman; it should be beautiful and strong."
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"All the world's a stage, and you know that there is more than one way to play your part."
"To be a poet isn't to be an impractical, starry-eyed dreamer; it is to be practical and grounded with vision."
"The idea of losing is one we must learn to deal with - for loss is part of life, not just of art."
"If you are not lost, you will never know what it feels like to be found."
"One must have a good idea of how life works before one can write about it."
"Nothing is more essential than being honest with oneself and then conveying that honesty through one's verses."
"In both art and life, it is the questions that often bring us closer to understanding than the answers."
"For me, writing is an act of discovery; it is how I learn about life, and how I express that learning."
"A good poem can make us feel as if we’ve been touched, as if the world turned slightly in our direction."
"It is in the details that we find the poetry of existence."
"We must listen not just to our own voices, but to the silence that surrounds us, the echo of the world."
"The best poetry is made not just with words but with feelings and observations, with a deep connection to our humanity."
"To write is to capture the essence of moments; it allows us to live more than once."
"There is beauty in the ordinary and wonder in the everyday; this is what poetry seeks to illuminate."
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"Life is full of details we often overlook; it is our job as poets to see and celebrate them."
"A work of art is not just a reflection of reality, but a window into the soul of the artist."
"Poetry is a bridge connecting the internal and external worlds; it allows us to explore what it means to be alive."
"Discovering the beauty in what we consider mundane is where the true art of poetry lies."
"We are all, in some way, lost and found in our search for meaning."
"The art of losing isn’t hard to master."
"I feel like I live in a world of people who have loved me and who I have loved."
"The heart must become a kind of pneumatic drill, something that can break through rock, and find a way down to the roots of the earth."
"Poetry, I think, is a way of thinking — not about a poem but about everything."
"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on."
"I think we ought to go straight ahead into the future without lamenting the past."
"The poet is like the photographer; he is not ‘always charming’, but he can ‘make’ a moment out of chaos."
"A poem is the only way to live forever."
"I don’t think poets can reveal much about the world that is not revealed in the act of making the poem."
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"It was a great comfort to me to think I had this necessity for writing poetry."
"Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all."
"There is something about the solitude that is very ennobling."
"Most of my poems are a portrait of something I’ve seen recently."
"I believe that what is worth having is worth waiting for."
"It is important to be a part of a movement, as well as to make your own mark."
"Art is the most beautiful of all lies."
"Everything seems to have a tenacity that I have not."
"In the end, the only way to have any kind of power is to love fiercely and deeply."
"I think the best thing about being a poet is putting together a whole book out of solitary images."
"You cannot stem the tide of your life; you can only live it."
"Reading is one of the best things we can do to expand our perspective."
"The thing about poetry is that it’s very physical."
"Everything we see is a reflection of ourselves."
"There is no such thing as a wrong poem."
"The poet must not be afraid to live and suffer, or else the poems will be lifeless."
"We’re all just passing time, it’s our only real luxury."
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