Author: Philip Levine

Quotes

But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity.

But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity.

- Philip Levine

My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs.

My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs.

- Philip Levine

The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry.

The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry.

- Philip Levine

I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.

I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.

- Philip Levine

I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change.

I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change.

- Philip Levine

There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.

There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.

- Philip Levine

I'm saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity.

I'm saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity.

- Philip Levine

My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.

My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.

- Philip Levine

I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.

I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.

- Philip Levine

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