Famous quotes containing the words poetry and/or prize:
“Much of our poetry has the very best manners, but no character.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“To become a token woman—whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters—is to become something less than a man ... since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)