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Rita Dove Quotes: "I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding."

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.



Rita Dove Quotes: "All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself."

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.




Rita Dove Quotes: "A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it."

A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more."

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.




Rita Dove Quotes: "Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit."

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.



Rita Dove Quotes: "We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is."

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.



Rita Dove Quotes: "The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world."

The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.




Rita Dove Quotes: "I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned."

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation."

Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.



Rita Dove Quotes: "You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible."

You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree."

Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Listen how they say your name. If they can't say that right, there's no way they're going to know how to treat you proper, neither."

Listen how they say your name. If they can't say that right, there's no way they're going to know how to treat you proper, neither.




Rita Dove Quotes: "When I was young, I was older than I am today."

When I was young, I was older than I am today.



Rita Dove Quotes: "My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends."

My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine."

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.



Rita Dove Quotes: "The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something"

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something



Rita Dove Quotes: "If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level."

If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet."

Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Libraries are where it all begins."

Libraries are where it all begins.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful."

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.



Rita Dove Quotes: "My childhood library was small enough not to be intimidating. And yet I felt the whole world was contained in those two rooms. I could walk any aisle and smell wisdom."

My childhood library was small enough not to be intimidating. And yet I felt the whole world was contained in those two rooms. I could walk any aisle and smell wisdom.



Rita Dove Quotes: "When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings."

When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Creative writing and literacy go hand and hand."

Creative writing and literacy go hand and hand.



Rita Dove Quotes: "In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things"

In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things



Rita Dove Quotes: "The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings."

The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings.



Rita Dove Quotes: "One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits."

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early."

Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early.



Rita Dove Quotes: "I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things."

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.



Rita Dove Quotes: "It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate."

It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate.



Rita Dove Quotes: "If you can't be free, be a mystery."

If you can't be free, be a mystery.



Rita Dove Quotes: "Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure."

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.



Rita Dove Quotes: "I was pirouette and flourish, I was filigree and flame. How could I count my blessings when I didn't know their names?"

I was pirouette and flourish, I was filigree and flame. How could I count my blessings when I didn't know their names?



Rita Dove Quotes: "By making us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an opportunity to think about ourselves as human beings on this planet and what we mean to each other."

By making us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an opportunity to think about ourselves as human beings on this planet and what we mean to each other.



Rita Dove Quotes: "What's a word, a talisman, to hold against the world?"

What's a word, a talisman, to hold against the world?



Rita Dove Quotes: "Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor."

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.



Rita Dove Quotes: "I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry."

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.



Rita Dove Quotes: "For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard."

For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.



Rita Dove Quotes: "It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing"

It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing



Rita Dove Quotes: "My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets."

My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.



Rita Dove Quotes: "It makes me furious to hear haters of all skin colors - especially Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fundamentalists - deride other people because of their different beliefs and lifestyles."

It makes me furious to hear haters of all skin colors - especially Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fundamentalists - deride other people because of their different beliefs and lifestyles.



Rita Dove Quotes: "People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable."

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable.



Rita Dove Quotes: "It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded."

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.



Rita Dove Quotes: "I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it."

I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it.



Rita Dove Quotes: "I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on."

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.



Rita Dove Quotes: "There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry"

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry



Rita Dove Quotes: "I keep the drafts of each poem in color-coded folders. I pick up the folders according to how I feel about that color that day."

I keep the drafts of each poem in color-coded folders. I pick up the folders according to how I feel about that color that day.



Rita Dove Quotes: "If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer"

If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer



Rita Dove Quotes: "I wish someone had told me that my stories are really mine to tell. In other words, anything that I think is important or that has moved me has the ability to move somebody else."

I wish someone had told me that my stories are really mine to tell. In other words, anything that I think is important or that has moved me has the ability to move somebody else.



Rita Dove Quotes: "I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers."

I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers.