Famous quotes containing the words american and/or poet:
“The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)
“The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)