Blue Quote by Amy Lowell

Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation.

— Amy Lowell

On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Youth condemns; maturity condones.

— Amy Lowell

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.

— Amy Lowell

I do not suppose that anyone not a poet can realize the agony of creating a poem. Every nerve, even every muscle, seems strained…

— Amy Lowell

I shall go Up and down In my gown. Gorgeously arrayed, Boned and stayed.

— Amy Lowell

Underneath my stiffened gown Is the softness of a woman bathing in a marble basin

— Amy Lowell

Poetry is the most concentrated form of literature; it is the most emotionalized and powerful way in which thought can be presented.

— Amy Lowell

How loud clocks can tick when a room is empty, and one is alone!

— Amy Lowell

Only those of our poets who kept solidly to the Shakespearean tradition achieved any measure of success. But Keats was the last great exponent…

— Amy Lowell

“Christ! What are patterns for?”

— Amy Lowell

Poets are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard of life. It is for this reason that their recognition comes so slowly.

— Amy Lowell

Witches are moon-birds, Witches are the women of the false, beautiful moon.

— Amy Lowell