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> [“When the hammer strikes a nail, the extreme force of the blow on the broad head is transmitted without loss to the point. The head of the nail is the whole of eternity and the point of that nail is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/when-the-hammer-strikes-a-nail-the-extreme-force-of-the-blow-on-the/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

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## More by George Oppen

> [A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/a-discrete-series-is-a-series-of-terms-each-of-which-is-empirically/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [Things explain each other, not themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/things-explain-each-other-not-themselves/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [“There are things We live among ‘and to see them Is to know ourselves’.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/there-are-things-we-live-among-and-to-see-them-is-to-know-ourselves/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [“Ultimately the air Is bare sunlight where must be found The lyric valuable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/ultimately-the-air-is-bare-sunlight-where-must-be-found-the-lyric/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [“Among days// Having only the force/ Of days//Most simple/ Most difficult”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/among-days-having-only-the-force-of-days-most-simple-most-difficult/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/it-is-necessary-to-study-these-words-you-have-written-for-the-words/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [Truth, also is the pursuit of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/truth-also-is-the-pursuit-of-it/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/the-meaning-of-a-poem-is-in-the-cadences-and-the-shape-of-the-lines/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/clarity-clarity-surely-clarity-is-the-most-beautiful-thing-in-the/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/a-pure-mathematical-series-would-be-one-in-which-each-term-is-derived/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [“I think there is no light in the world but the world and I think there is light”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/i-think-there-is-no-light-in-the-world-but-the-world-and-i-think/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/the-self-is-no-mystery-the-mystery-is-that-there-is-something-for-us/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [“What I like more than anything is to visit other islands...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/what-i-like-more-than-anything-is-to-visit-other-islands/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/the-first-question-at-that-time-in-poetry-was-simply-the-question-of/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

> [Those who are not very concerned with art want poems or pictures to record for them something they already know - as one might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/those-who-are-not-very-concerned-with-art-want-poems-or-pictures-to/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

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