Quote by Knut Hamsun
No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze o

No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry – to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. – Knut Hamsun

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There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil ones coffee and fill ones pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it. – Knut Hamsun

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In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the passing, we have arrived. – Knut Hamsun

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However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science. – Knut Hamsun

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Poetry is all nouns and verbs. – Marianne Moore

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I dont think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that. – Robert Morgan

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I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if hes going to write poetry or songs. – Roger Waters

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I always liked the magic of poetry but now Im just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how theyve used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there. – David Knopfler

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