Author: Robert Hass

Quotes

When I was younger, I was so crazy about poetry that I didn't notice who was noticing. It seemed to me so tremendous and large.

When I was younger, I was so crazy about poetry that I didn't notice who was noticing. It seemed to me so tremendous and large.

- Robert Hass

The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm very doubtful about the usefulness of poetry to do that.

The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm very doubtful about the usefulness of poetry to do that.

- Robert Hass

I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time.

I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time.

- Robert Hass

Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day.

Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day.

- Robert Hass

When I was in college, I lost my scholarship one year. I had enough money for tuition, but not room and board. So I camped in the hills.

When I was in college, I lost my scholarship one year. I had enough money for tuition, but not room and board. So I camped in the hills.

- Robert Hass

The market doesn't make communities. Markets make networks of self-interested individuals, and they work as long as there's more than enough to go around.

The market doesn't make communities. Markets make networks of self-interested individuals, and they work as long as there's more than enough to go around.

- Robert Hass

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