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May Sarton Quotes

... the reason why there are so few first-class poets is that many people have intense feelings or first-class minds but to get the two together so that you will be willing to put a poem through sixty drafts, to be that self-critical, to keep breaking it down, that is what is rare. Right now most poetry is just self-indulgence Picture Quote #1

[In old age] there is a childlike innocence, often, that has nothing to do with the childishness of senility. The moments become precious . . Picture Quote #1

How much hope, expectation, and sheer hard work goes into the smallest success! There is no being sure of anything except that whatever has been created will change in time Picture Quote #1

Life comes in clusters, clusters of solitude, then a cluster when there is hardly time to breathe Picture Quote #1

Joy, happiness ... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think, and to make connections ... to discover what has been happening to cause it. And, curiously enough, pain draws us to other human beings in a significant way, whereas joy or happiness to some extent, isolates Picture Quote #1

The trouble is, old age is not interesting until one gets there. It’s a foreign country with an unknown language to the young and even to the middle-aged Picture Quote #1

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Lunches are just not good. They take the heart out of the day and the spaciousness from the morning’s work Picture Quote #1

Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels Picture Quote #1

For art is order, but it is born out of the chaos of life Picture Quote #1

Time unbounded is hard to handle Picture Quote #1

It is curious how any making of order makes one feel mentally ordered, ordered inside Picture Quote #1

Making order out of disorder any time, anywhere, can be regarded as a sacrament Picture Quote #1

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It is clear that we do not exactly choose our poems; our poems choose us Picture Quote #1

Poems like to have a destination for their flight. They are homing pigeons Picture Quote #1

For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were being asked an inescapable question by an angel with whom I must wrestle to get at the answer Picture Quote #1

Poetry finds its perilous equilibrium somewhere between music and speech Picture Quote #1

Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite Picture Quote #1

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest Picture Quote #1

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Don’t forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius Picture Quote #1

Flowers and plants are silent presences. They nourish every sense except the ear Picture Quote #1

Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience Picture Quote #1

I suppose real old age begins when one looks backward rather than forward Picture Quote #1

There is only one real deprivation, I decided this morning, and that is not to be able to give one’s gifts to those one loves most Picture Quote #1

Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness Picture Quote #1

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Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers Picture Quote #1

Self respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn’t there Picture Quote #1

I come to you with only this straight gaze. These are not hours of fire but years of praise, the glass full to the brim, completely full, but held in balance so no drop can spill Picture Quote #1

Why is it that people who cannot show feeling presume that that is a strength and not a weakness? Picture Quote #1

Joy, happiness... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think, and to make connections... to discover what has been happening to cause it. And, curiously enough, pain draws us to other human beings in a significant way, whereas joy or happiness to some extent, isolates Picture Quote #1

One must believe that private dilemmas are, if deeply examined, universal, and so, if expressed, have a human value beyond the private, and one must also believe in the vehicle for expressing them, in the talent Picture Quote #1

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... the reason why there are so few first-class poets is that many people have intense feelings or first-class minds but to get the two together so that you will be willing to put a poem through sixty drafts, to be that self-critical, to keep breaking it down, that is what is rare. Right now most poetry is just self-indulgence (May Sarton Quotes) [In old age] there is a childlike innocence, often, that has nothing to do with the childishness of senility. The moments become precious . . . (May Sarton Quotes) How much hope, expectation, and sheer hard work goes into the smallest success! There is no being sure of anything except that whatever has been created will change in time... (May Sarton Quotes) Life comes in clusters, clusters of solitude, then a cluster when there is hardly time to breathe (May Sarton Quotes) Joy, happiness ... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think, and to make connections ... to discover what has been happening to cause it. And, curiously enough, pain draws us to other human beings in a significant way, whereas joy or happiness to some extent, isolates. (May Sarton Quotes) The trouble is, old age is not interesting until one gets there. It’s a foreign country with an unknown language to the young and even to the middle-aged. (May Sarton Quotes) Lunches are just not good. They take the heart out of the day and the spaciousness from the morning’s work. (May Sarton Quotes) Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels (May Sarton Quotes) For art is order, but it is born out of the chaos of life (May Sarton Quotes) Time unbounded is hard to handle (May Sarton Quotes) It is curious how any making of order makes one feel mentally ordered, ordered inside (May Sarton Quotes) Making order out of disorder any time, anywhere, can be regarded as a sacrament (May Sarton Quotes) It is clear that we do not exactly choose our poems; our poems choose us (May Sarton Quotes) Poems like to have a destination for their flight. They are homing pigeons (May Sarton Quotes) For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were being asked an inescapable question by an angel with whom I must wrestle to get at the answer (May Sarton Quotes) Poetry finds its perilous equilibrium somewhere between music and speech (May Sarton Quotes) Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite (May Sarton Quotes) We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest (May Sarton Quotes) Don’t forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius (May Sarton Quotes) Flowers and plants are silent presences. They nourish every sense except the ear (May Sarton Quotes) Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience (May Sarton Quotes) I suppose real old age begins when one looks backward rather than forward (May Sarton Quotes) There is only one real deprivation, I decided this morning, and that is not to be able to give one’s gifts to those one loves most (May Sarton Quotes) Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness (May Sarton Quotes) Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers (May Sarton Quotes) Self respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn’t there (May Sarton Quotes) I come to you with only this straight gaze. These are not hours of fire but years of praise, the glass full to the brim, completely full, but held in balance so no drop can spill (May Sarton Quotes) Why is it that people who cannot show feeling presume that that is a strength and not a weakness? (May Sarton Quotes) Joy, happiness... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think, and to make connections... to discover what has been happening to cause it. And, curiously enough, pain draws us to other human beings in a significant way, whereas joy or happiness to some extent, isolates (May Sarton Quotes) One must believe that private dilemmas are, if deeply examined, universal, and so, if expressed, have a human value beyond the private, and one must also believe in the vehicle for expressing them, in the talent (May Sarton Quotes)

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