Robert Penn Warren Quotes

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.
Robert Penn Warren

Poetry, Life, End

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.
Robert Penn Warren

Deepest, Attempt, Poem

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.
Robert Penn Warren

Poetry, Life, Grow

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
Robert Penn Warren

Writing, Expect, Hear

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of pain I can't do without.
Robert Penn Warren

Pain, Writing, Done

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money.
Robert Penn Warren

Money, Sensitive, Poets

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.
Robert Penn Warren

Poetry, Enough, Write

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Nationality: American

Born: April 24, 1905

Died: September 15, 1989

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