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Howard Nemerov Quotes

Howard Nemerov quotes

American Poet February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991

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Howard Nemerov quote: "We're not in love with Literature all the time - especially..."
We're not in love with Literature all the time - especially when you have to teach it every day. Howard Nemerov
Occasionally a student writer comes up with something really beautiful and moving, and you won't know for years if it was an accident or the first burst of something wonderful. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My..."
The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. Howard Nemerov
I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they..."
Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed. Howard Nemerov
The nice thing about the Bible is it doesn't give you too many facts. Two an a half lines and it tells you the whole story and that leaves you a great deal of freedom to elaborate on how it might have happened. Howard Nemerov
I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "A teacher is a person who never says anything once."
A teacher is a person who never says anything once. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free..."
Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov
Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it..."
[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students). Howard Nemerov
Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose? Howard Nemerov
I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us. Howard Nemerov
For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again. Howard Nemerov
I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early. Howard Nemerov

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