Hart Crane

Poet American 1899 – 1932

American modernist poet known for The Bridge.

395 quotes

"Truth is beauty in its purest form."
Truth
"Freedom is the breath of life."
Freedom
"Peace is the ultimate victory."
Peace
"Nature speaks to those who listen."
Nature
"Art is the soul made visible."
Art
"Science reveals the mysteries of being."
Science
"Hope is the anchor of the soul."
Hope
"Courage is love in action."
Courage
"Change is the heartbeat of existence."
Change
"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."
Knowledge
"Dreams are the blueprints of reality."
Dreams
"Humor is the spice of life."
Humor
"The mind has shown itself capable of enduring absolutely anything that can happen to it."
Strength
"I am not ready for knowledge of my death."
Death
"Love is a burnt match skating in a urinal."
Love
"There is no great god that lives in the void, no spirit that walks among men."
Faith
"The artist must maintain the highest possible standards in his work while acknowledging the chaos around him."
Art
"Memory, I say, is a kind of renewal."
Time
"Let fiery moments come."
Courage
"The attempt to connect isolated moments into significance becomes the true work."
Creativity
"One must be daring in the face of mediocrity."
Inspiration
"The bridge between seeing and being seen is where truth lives."
Truth
"I have known metallic harness of the rain."
Nature
"Poetry is the most direct mode of apprehending reality."
Literature
"The machinery of greed grinds on indifferently."
Money
"One must yield to the force of circumstance or be broken by it."
Change
"I seek the flesh beneath the abstraction."
Philosophy
"Knowledge without compassion becomes a weapon."
Knowledge
"The heart demands its own music."
Music
"To create is to accept the possibility of failure completely."
Perseverance