Maxioms by Robert Penn Warren
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes read more
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. -Robert Penn Warren.
Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about read more
Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money.
For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.
For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.
The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the read more
The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, "Oh, just let me enjoy the poem.".
Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.
Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.
