Poetry is a fireplace in summer or a fan in winter.
Robert HassRead
Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Writing daily can lead to significant accomplishments over time.
This quote emphasizes the value of consistent practice in writing, suggesting that dedicating just half an hour each day can accumulate into meaningful and substantial work over the course of a lifetime. It highlights the importance of setting aside time for creative expression and the potential impact of small, consistent efforts.
Themes
WritingPracticeCreativityDisciplineTime
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the importance of creativity, one might say, 'As Robert Hass reminds us, take the time to write, dedicating just half an hour each day can lead to incredible works.'
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All quotes βSometimes from this hillside just after sunset The rim of the sky takes on a tinge Of the palest green, like the flesh of a cucumber When you peel it carefully.
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I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time.
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There are moments when the body is as numinous as words, days that are the good flesh continuing. Such tenderness, those afternoons and evenings, saying blackberry, blackberry, blackberry.
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When I was younger, I was so crazy about poetry that I didn't notice who was noticing. It seemed to me so tremendous and large.
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Writing is an incessant process of discovery.
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