It is no discredit to Walt Whitman that he wrote Leaves of Grass, only that he did not burn it afterwards. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson Copy Share Image
Has anyone supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her that it is just as lucky to… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana. — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
“A gust of wind set the leaves of grass to dancing and celebrated the grass's song before it died.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again and ever again, this soiled world. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“The noisy jay swoops by and reviles me, he complains of my meow and my malingering. I too am not a bit… — Henry N. Beard Copy Share Image
I have never really thought of him as a person, either… A guy whose strings were broken, who didn’t feel the root… — John Green Copy Share Image
“I would think if you were going to quote Whitman you'd go for something not taken from Leaves Of Grass. Especially if… — Leah Clifford Copy Share Image
“Somehow I have been stunned. Stand back! Give me a little time beyond my cuffed head and slumbers and dreams and gaping,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I do not think seventy years is the time of a man or woman, Nor that seventy millions of years is the… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The smallest sprout shows there is really no death. And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“You can never know where I am or what I am, But I am good company to you nonetheless, And really do… — Henry N. Beard Copy Share Image
Comerado, this is no book,Who touches this, touches a man,(Is it night? Are we here alone?)It is I you hold, and who… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
We can hear others, and we can travel with them without moving, and we can imagine them, and we are all connected… — John Green Copy Share Image
I look for the moment(s) in the story where the writer risked abandoning the glory of the self in favor of the… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" is still in print. They're debating right now over Mark Twain. He's still available. Winslow Homer can… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The major poets of New Jersey have all suffered, whether it's Whitman, who lost his job for 'Leaves of Grass,' or William… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Artist Allen Crawford brings Whitman's undying text to new life in gorgeous hand-lettering and illustrations, transforming the 60-page poem originally published in… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
Wisdom is not finally tested in schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
One of my favorite passages in 'Leaves of Grass,' that breathless, exuberant poem so rich and full of innocence and joy and… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
I had a huge advantage with Edward Norton because he's directed a movie before, so one thing he appreciates is how hard… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
“And I can’t help but feel that Whitman, for all his blustering beauty, might have been just a bit too optimistic. We… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Behold the day-break! I awaken you by sitting on your chest and purring in your face, I stir you with muscular paw-prods,… — Henry N. Beard Copy Share Image
What we set out to do with this movie [Leaves of Grass] was to create something that was funny and serious and… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
![“What we set out to do with this movie [Leaves of Grass] was to create something that was funny and serious and had large tonal ambitions. A movie that could be poignant and funny, and suddenly quite violent. To have a character utterly sideswiped, and to learn that life is about balance.” quote by Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/286/edward-norton-2203_ambition_what-we-set-out-to-do-with-this-movie-le_2503986.jpg)
