So far as I am concerned, poetry and every other art was, is, and forever will be strictly and distinctly a question of individuality. e. e. cummings More Quotes by e. e. cummings More Quotes From e. e. cummings The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. e. e. cummings naturesummerspring Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else. e. e. cummings alive may i be i is the only prayer--not may i be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong today... may i be me....five foot eleven, brown hair/eyed, smart, serious, happy, frustrated, impatient, joyful, running, sleeping, smiling, eating, trying, believing, listening, being & becoming. e. e. cummings wiserunningbeautiful You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and— Just tired. So am I. e. e. cummings tiredlittlesthinking Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question. e. e. cummings inspiringbeautifulinspirational Sweet springtime is my time is your time is our time for springtime is love time and viva sweet love. e. e. cummings springsweetlove And the reason that i laugh and breathe is oh love e. e. cummings breathelovelaughing somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence; in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near e. e. cummings gesturessilenceeye a poet is someone who is abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement. Which is to say the highest form of concentration possible: fascination; to report on the electrifying experience of being e. e. cummings fascinationpoetmovement let it go -- the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise -- let it go it was sworn to go let them go -- the truthful liars and the false fair friends and the boths and neithers -- you must let them go they were born to go let all go -- the big small middling tall bigger really the biggest and all things -- let all go dear so comes love e. e. cummings brokenwiseliars somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond e. e. cummings It is with roses and locomotives (not to mention acrobats Spring electricity Coney Island the 4th of July the eyes of mice and Niagara Falls) that my poems are competing. e. e. cummings 4th-of-julyspringfall Laughing is just another way of showing people your wise e. e. cummings wiselaughingpeople An intelligent person fights for lost causes, realizing that others are merely effects e. e. cummings causesintelligentfighting If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making. e. e. cummings obsessionmatterlittles The sweet small clumsy feet of april came into the ragged meadow of my soul. e. e. cummings soulfeetsweet A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man. e. e. cummings politicspoliticalmen wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. e. e. cummings fateflowerspring there's time for laughing and there's time for crying— for hoping for despair for peace for longing —a time for growing and a time for dying: a night for silence and a day for singing but more than all(as all your more than eyes tell me)there is a time for timelessness e. e. cummings eyelaughingnight America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still. e. e. cummings sarcasticmistakemoving
