“When you’re young, no matter how many unpleasant things have happened to you (unless by that time you’ve become hopelessly neurotic), hope returns daily, even hourly. The sight of a beautiful person, bird, tree, house, flower can lift your spirits… — Alec Wilder Copy Share Image
“Beauty! Art! Wit! Wonderment! Humility! Arrogance! Style! Virtue! Decency! Patience! And all the others, Gone, trampled by the Newly-polished jack boots Of the clog-suited society. I'm a stranger here, from Another planet; Not spotted yet, but Getting peculiar stares> Forbidden entrance to All the places where Air remains, Where green is true and water unmolested. In any other time, (Excepting… — Alec Wilder Copy Share
“There was no ambition to be famous, no desire to have pieces played by famous orchestras, no secret wish for commissions or prizes or… — Alec Wilder Copy Share Image
“Give me that warm feeling, That makes me believe again. Give me that soft answer, The kind you gave me way back when. Give… — Alec Wilder Copy Share Image
“When you’re young, no matter how many unpleasant things have happened to you (unless by that time you’ve become hopelessly neurotic), hope returns daily,… — Alec Wilder Copy Share Image
