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

R
"If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little -- somebody who is obsessed by Making."
A
"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."
N
"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."
K
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)."



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