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Philip Levine quotes about work

American Poet January 10, 1928

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Philip Levine quote: "The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of..."
The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry. Philip Levine
Philip Levine quote: "There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew..."
There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory. Philip Levine
Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's worthy. And then see what happens. That's my advice. Philip Levine
Philip Levine quote: "I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick..."
I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity. Philip Levine
It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work. Philip Levine
Philip Levine quote: "But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of..."
But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity. Philip Levine

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