Creative Quotations from e. e. cummings (1894-1962)

Creative Quotations from . . .

e. e. cummings
(1894-1962) born on Oct 14

US "poet, novelist". "He is well known for his eccentric language and typography; wrote "Tulips are Chimneys," 1923 and the autobiographical "The Enormous Room," 1922."

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

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

"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."

"America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still."

Nothing recedes like progress.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"From "Journey in Word," ed. Cyndi Craven; an internet collection of quotations"
R:	Foreword to is 5 (1926).
A:	"From "Charades," an internet collection of quotations"
N:	""Why I Like America," in Vanity Fair (New York, May 1927; repr. in A Miscellany, ed. by George J. Firmage, 1958)."
K:	"Jottings, in Wake, no. 10 (1951; repr. in A Miscellany, ed. by George J. Firmage, 1958)."