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Quotes by Carl Sandburg

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
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The single clenched fist lifted and ready,
     Or the open asking hand held out and waiting.
               Choose:
     For we meet by one or the other.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
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I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
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It was here we turned the coffee cups upside down.
And your eyes and the moon swept the valley.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Source: From “Valley Song” by Carl Sandburg, 1918
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
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Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
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I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
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I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
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Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
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If [America] forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
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