William Carlos Williams on Writing
Browse 2 quotations attributed to William Carlos Williams, catalogued under writing, with dates where available.
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Attributed to William Carlos Williams, entry #115535: "The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic."
Attributed to William Carlos Williams, entry #147933: "Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact … the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard."
2 Quotes by William Carlos Williams on Writing
"The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic."
"Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact … the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard."