Amy Lowell

"Poetry is the clear expression of mixed feelings."

"All books are either dreams or swords."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."

"Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist brings into the world."

"I am not willing to live for other people."

"The dead should be feared because they make the living think."

"The world is full of people who have never since their earliest infancy met with the outspoken refusal which is perhaps the only teacher that anybody really has."

"Technique is the test of sincerity."

"Do not tell people that they have nice things. Tell them they are nice people."

"I want to be remembered as a woman who loved her work."

"In dreamland, the terrible is always far away."

"If you want to be a great poet, you must not be afraid to be yourself."

"The great thing about art is that it gives you an outlet for your frustrations."

"Love is not a sentiment suitable for wearing on one's sleeve."

"Imagination is a very high sort of thing."

"Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations."

"Facts are not merely the raw material of science; they are the final product."

"Keep your eyes open and your ears open."

"The present is always dark compared with the future."

"Friendship is a miracle by which a person consents to overlook life's displeasing qualities and bad habits."

"You cannot create experience by merely reading about it."

"The eyes of the world are upon you."

"Peace comes from within."

"Nature is the most beautiful expression of truth."

"Success is being satisfied with yourself."

"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling."

"Teach us not to mock a power we don't comprehend."

"The world is not interested in the storms you encountered but did you bring in the ship."

"Change is the only constant."

"Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing."