Stanley Kunitz Quotes

Poetry is ultimately mythology, the telling of stories of the soul. The Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Poetry is ultimately mythology, the telling of stories of the soul. The

— Stanley Kunitz

In a murderous time/the heart breaks and breaks/and lives by breaking. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

In a murderous time/the heart breaks and breaks/and lives by breaking.

— Stanley Kunitz

Poetry is the enemy of the poem. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Poetry is the enemy of the poem.

— Stanley Kunitz

Poetry today is easier to write but harder to remember. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Poetry today is easier to write but harder to remember.

— Stanley Kunitz

My mother never forgave my father Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

My mother never forgave my father

— Stanley Kunitz

It is my heart that’s late, it is my song that’s flown. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

It is my heart that’s late, it is my song that’s flown.

— Stanley Kunitz

I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and

— Stanley Kunitz

We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who

— Stanley Kunitz

The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.

— Stanley Kunitz

Certainly the modern poets I cherish most are disturbing spirits; they do not come to coo. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Certainly the modern poets I cherish most are disturbing spirits; they do not come to coo.

— Stanley Kunitz

Not that you need to be a saint to have visions worth Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Not that you need to be a saint to have visions worth

— Stanley Kunitz

I dropped my hoe and ran into the house and started to Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

I dropped my hoe and ran into the house and started to

— Stanley Kunitz

…few young poets [are] testing their poems against the ear. They’re writing Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

…few young poets [are] testing their poems against the ear. They’re writing

— Stanley Kunitz

A poet needs to keep his wilderness alive inside him. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

A poet needs to keep his wilderness alive inside him.

— Stanley Kunitz

The supreme morality of art is to endure. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

The supreme morality of art is to endure.

— Stanley Kunitz

Live in the layers, not on the litter. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Live in the layers, not on the litter.

— Stanley Kunitz

The ear writes my poems, not the mind. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

The ear writes my poems, not the mind.

— Stanley Kunitz

The unconscious creates, the ego edits. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

The unconscious creates, the ego edits.

— Stanley Kunitz

Forward my mail to Mars. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Forward my mail to Mars.

— Stanley Kunitz

The poem in the head is always perfect. Resistance begins when you Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

The poem in the head is always perfect. Resistance begins when you

— Stanley Kunitz

I associate the garden with the whole experience of being alive, and Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

I associate the garden with the whole experience of being alive, and

— Stanley Kunitz

The first task of the poet is to create the person who will write the poems. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

The first task of the poet is to create the person who will write the poems.

— Stanley Kunitz

To conquer a piece of earth and make it as beautiful as Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

To conquer a piece of earth and make it as beautiful as

— Stanley Kunitz

A poet needs to keep his wilderness alive inside him. To remain Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

A poet needs to keep his wilderness alive inside him. To remain

— Stanley Kunitz

I want to write poems that are natural, luminous, deep, spare. I Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

I want to write poems that are natural, luminous, deep, spare. I

— Stanley Kunitz

Deftly they opened the brain of a child, and it was full of flying dreams. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Deftly they opened the brain of a child, and it was full of flying dreams.

— Stanley Kunitz

You must be careful not to deprive the poem of its wild origin. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

You must be careful not to deprive the poem of its wild origin.

— Stanley Kunitz

A longing for the dance stirs in the buried life. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

A longing for the dance stirs in the buried life.

— Stanley Kunitz

The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking it is necessary Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking it is necessary

— Stanley Kunitz

Darling, do you remember the man you married? Touch me, remind me who I am. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Darling, do you remember the man you married? Touch me, remind me who I am.

— Stanley Kunitz

When you look back on a lifetime and think of what has Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

When you look back on a lifetime and think of what has

— Stanley Kunitz

Memory is each man’s poet-in-residence. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Memory is each man’s poet-in-residence.

— Stanley Kunitz

Writer’s block is a natural affliction. Writers who have never experienced it Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

Writer’s block is a natural affliction. Writers who have never experienced it

— Stanley Kunitz

I dance/for the joy of surviving, at the edge of the road. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

I dance/for the joy of surviving, at the edge of the road.

— Stanley Kunitz

An old poet ought never to be caught with his technique showing. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

An old poet ought never to be caught with his technique showing.

— Stanley Kunitz

End with an image and don’t explain. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

End with an image and don’t explain.

— Stanley Kunitz

I refuse to turn to theology to justify the life or redeem Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

I refuse to turn to theology to justify the life or redeem

— Stanley Kunitz

The poem comes in the form of a blessing, like rapture breaking on the mind. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

The poem comes in the form of a blessing, like rapture breaking on the mind.

— Stanley Kunitz

I like an ending that’s both a door and a window. Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

I like an ending that’s both a door and a window.

— Stanley Kunitz

We have to learn how to live with our frailties. The best Stanley Kunitz Picture Quote

We have to learn how to live with our frailties. The best

— Stanley Kunitz

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