e. e. cummings Quotes

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

e. e. cummings

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 14, 1894 - September 3, 1962

Topics

InspirationalExperienceBelieveRisk

When I was in the Army, 100 percent of our effort was to really be sharp, and soldiers, we were under live fire all the time.

Jim Inhofe

LiveTimeFireEffortArmySoldiers

I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.

Jessica Chastain

PeopleMeFameMeanIdeaLike

In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom.

Andy Summers

FreedomPoliceYouBackPlayNow

A song just doesn't have verse-chorus-verse. It could just be one line. There are Chinese love songs that you have to learn one melody for a three-minute thing, and nothing ever repeats. I like that.

Jeff Buckley

LoveSongLearnYouNothingLine

Jill Eisenstadt is a writer of many admirable gifts. Foremost among them are a sharp eye for people, a playful love of language, and, it's probably safe to assume, nearly boundless energy.

Stephen McCauley

LovePeopleEyeEnergyLanguage

I think early on in my career, I was heavily inspired by bands like Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept, and films of David Lynch, for example, where the soundscape plays a very important role in the listening experience.

Trent Reznor

ExperienceListeningThinkEarly

You have to stand on your own two feet.

Robert Blaha

FeetStandYouTwoOwnYour

Poetry and art are key influences in changing how we look at taboos.

Rupi Kaur

ArtPoetryKeyLookChangingHow

My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976.

Janice Dickinson

JobBlueSittingFirstCompanyMade

I think the average country music fan grew up the same exact way that all the artists did, listening to hip-hop and country and R&B and pop and whatever it may be.

Chris Lane

MusicListeningThinkCountryWay

Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation.

Conrad Black

GreatSurvivalNationGreat Nation

I kind of follow in the tradition of some folks - some thinkers and scholars I really look up - who reject the idea of intellectual compartmentalization.

Clint Smith

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