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Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: The irony is, going to work every day

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

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: How weightless/ words are when nothing will do.

How weightless/ words are when nothing will do. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: My mother carried on and supported us; her

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

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: As you know, Joyce was a writer who

As you know, Joyce was a writer who asked his reader to give him a lifetime," he said. "I am that reader, and I can tell you it was a wasted life. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I say, Father, the years have brought me

I say, Father, the years have brought me here, still your son, they have brought me to a life I cannot understand. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: My temperament is not geared to that of

My temperament is not geared to that of a novelist. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I listen to jazz about three hours a

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

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: For sure I once thought of myself as

For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary into

Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary into what it is ... a moment in time; an observed fragment of eternity. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: ...with no morning the day is sold.

...with no morning the day is sold. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: From they sack and they belly opened And

From they sack and they belly opened
And all that was hidden burning on the oil-stained earth
They feed they Lion and he comes. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: There'll always be working people in my poems

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

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I still believe in this country, that it

I still believe in this country, that it can fulfill the destiny Blake and Whitman envisioned. I still believe in American poetry. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I started listening to music when I wrote

I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: My earliest poems were a way of talking

My earliest poems were a way of talking to somebody. I suppose to myself. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: My father died when I was five, but

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

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: Now I must wait and be still and

Now I must wait and be still and say nothing I don't know, nothing I haven't lived over and over, and that's everything. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: You have begun to separate the dark from

You have begun to separate the dark from the dark. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I find you in these tears, few, useless

I find you in these tears, few, useless and here at last. Don't come back. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I'm afraid we live at the mercy of

I'm afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. And yet we find it, as I have, from others. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine

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

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: Listen to these young poets and you'll discover

Listen to these young poets and you'll discover the voice of the present and hear the voice of the future before the future is even here. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: But most commonly, it's one poem that I

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

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: Back then, I couldn't have left a poem

Back then, I couldn't have left a poem a year and gone back to it. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Edward Hirsch: Throughout his work, Philip Levine's most powerful commitment

Throughout his work, Philip Levine's most powerful commitment has been to the failed and lost, the marginal, the unloved, the unwanted. — Edward Hirsch

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I realized poetry's the thing that I can

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

Philip Levine Quotes By Juan Felipe Herrera: I'm very grateful to all the people of

I'm very grateful to all the people of Fresno, to Philip Levine and all the poets before me, and all the farmworkers. I didn't get here by myself. — Juan Felipe Herrera

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I write what's given me to write.

I write what's given me to write. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: But I'm too old to be written about

But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: I was very lucky to have a mother

I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet. — Philip Levine

Philip Levine Quotes By Philip Levine: No one can write like Vallejo and not

No one can write like Vallejo and not sound like a fraud. He's just too much himself and not you. — Philip Levine