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List of Archibald MacLeish Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 73 inspiring quotes by Archibald MacLeish.

About Archibald MacLeish

  • Born: May 7, 1892
  • Died: April 20, 1982
  • Occupation: Poet
    • The map of america is a map of endlessness, of opening out, of forever and ever. no man's face would make you think of it but his hope might, his courage might.
    Men Thinking America
    What happened at hiroshima was not only that a scientific breakthrough had occurred and that a great part of the population of a city had been burned to death, but that the problem of the relation of the triumphs of modern science to the human purposes of man had been explicitly defined.
    Death Men Cities
    What once was cuddled must learn to kiss the cold wonn's mouth. that's all the mystery.
    Death Kissing Mouths
    If the art of poetry is?the art of making sense of the chaos of human experience, it's not a bad thing to see a lot of chaos.
    Art Chaos Human Experience
    They also live who swerve and vanish in the river.
    Rivers Swerve
    Without guilt / what is a man? an animal, isn't he? / a wolf forgiven at his meat, / a beetle innocent in his copulation.
    Animal Men Guilt
    You burned the city of london in our houses and we felt the flames.
    Flames Cities House
    If the poem can be improved by the author's explanations, it never should have been published.
    Writing Should Have Explanation
    Piety's hard enough to take among the poor who have to practice it. a rich man's piety stinks. it's insufferable.
    Men Practice Atheism
    Young poets are advised by their elders to avoid the practice of journalism as they would wet socks and gin before breakfast.
    Practice Breakfast Journalism
    Spring has many american faces. there are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. summer is drawn blinds in louisiana, long winds in wyoming, shade of elms and maples in new england.
    Summer Spring Wyoming
    The roots of the grass strain, tighten, the earth is rigid, waits-he is waiting- and suddenly, and all at once, the rain!
    Rain Roots Water
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