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> [ “George Oppen is a tough old bird. If you've never seen what \[he\] sees, it's because you haven't sat still long enough and looked as he has. The things he sees feel like the gnarled bark of a tree. The… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rakosi/george-oppen-is-a-tough-old-bird-if-you-ve-never-seen-what-he-sees-it/)

[Carl Rakosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rakosi/)

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## More by Carl Rakosi

> [I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rakosi/i-fell-in-love-with-social-work-and-that-was-my-undoing-as-a-poet/)

[Carl Rakosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rakosi/)

> [... Kindness, sweetest of the small notes in the world's ache, most modest & gentle of the elements entered man before history and became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rakosi/kindness-sweetest-of-the-small-notes-in-the-world-s-ache-most-modest/)

[Carl Rakosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rakosi/)

> [At the time, there were very few foreign names in the press and they were all factory workers. I thought I'd never get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rakosi/at-the-time-there-were-very-few-foreign-names-in-the-press-and-they/)

[Carl Rakosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rakosi/)

> [Friends are not made, but recognized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rakosi/friends-are-not-made-but-recognized/)

[Carl Rakosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rakosi/)

> [ “George Oppen is a tough old bird. If you've never seen what \[he\] sees, it's because you haven't sat still long enough and looked… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rakosi/george-oppen-is-a-tough-old-bird-if-you-ve-never-seen-what-he-sees-it/)

[Carl Rakosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rakosi/)

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