William Carlos Williams on Philosophy
Browse 3 quotations attributed to William Carlos Williams, catalogued under Philosophy, with dates where available.
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Attributed to William Carlos Williams, entry #144185: "Being an art form, verse cannot be "free" in the sense of having no limitations or guiding principle."
Attributed to William Carlos Williams, entry #13004: "Who isn’t frustrated and does not prove it by his actions — if you want to say so? But through art the psychologically maimed may become the most distinguished man of his age. Tak…"
3 Quotes by William Carlos Williams on Philosophy
"Being an art form, verse cannot be "free" in the sense of having no limitations or guiding principle."
"Who isn’t frustrated and does not prove it by his actions — if you want to say so? But through art the psychologically maimed may become the most distinguished man of his age. Take Freud for instance."
"Poets are being pursued by the philosophers today, out of the poverty of philosophy. God damn it, you might think a man had no business to be writing, to be a poet unless some philosophic stinker gave him permission."