William Carlos Williams

Poet Physician American 1883 – 1963

American poet and physician known for Paterson.

398 quotes

"Politics reflects the values we choose to live by."
Politics
"Science and poetry pursue the same goal: truth."
Science
"The hand that writes is guided by the heart."
Creativity
"Perseverance is the quiet strength that changes lives."
Perseverance
"To understand another is to expand the boundaries of self."
Wisdom
"The future is built by those willing to imagine differently."
Dreams
"Humor is a light that helps us see ourselves clearly."
Humor
"The work of living is never finished."
Work
"Love grows in the soil of honest communication."
Love
"Change begins with the decision to see things anew."
Change
"Education is the practice of freedom."
Education
"The voice we find as writers is the voice of our authentic selves."
Literature
"Gratitude is the gateway to abundance."
Gratitude
"The deepest truths are often the simplest."
Truth
"Nature never lies if we learn its language."
Nature
"The pursuit of beauty makes life worth living."
Beauty
"To be a doctor is to practice daily humility."
Wisdom
"Imagination is the bridge between what is and what could be."
Imagination
"The imagination is the only thing that can cure the mind's restlessness."
Imagination
"We are blind except we know."
Knowledge
"A poet's work is to clarify life's confusion through careful observation."
Art
"The poet is not a mystic but a maker of meaning from ordinary things."
Creativity
"Beauty is in the details that most people never bother to examine."
Beauty
"To understand the present, one must look at what has been left behind."
History
"The local is the universal when seen with enough clarity."
Philosophy
"Language is our only real tool for understanding the world."
Literature
"A poem must contain everything, yet say nothing unnecessary."
Art
"We die daily, and in that death find life renewed."
Death
"The mind is never satisfied with pure abstraction."
Knowledge
"To create is to affirm life against all odds."
Creativity