--- title: "3 Connie Wanek Quotes" description: "Connie Wanek has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/connie-wanek-76071_capable_the-literary-scene-is-filled-with-young_35868.jpg" --- # Connie Wanek **3** quotes in **32** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Connie Wanek > [The literary scene is filled with young people now, which is a great joy. They seem fully capable of saving the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-wanek/the-literary-scene-is-filled-with-young-people-now-which-is-a-great/) [Connie Wanek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-wanek/) [Capable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/connie-wanek-76071_capable_the-literary-scene-is-filled-with-young_35868.jpg) > [I do feel that both visual artists and writers look out at the world in a similar way, and wonder at what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-wanek/i-do-feel-that-both-visual-artists-and-writers-look-out-at-the-world/) [Connie Wanek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-wanek/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/connie-wanek-76071_art_i-do-feel-that-both-visual-artists-and-w_2854028.jpg) > [My poems are certainly in the lyric tradition, but perhaps a reader can tell me more precisely who I am as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-wanek/my-poems-are-certainly-in-the-lyric-tradition-but-perhaps-a-reader/) [Connie Wanek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-wanek/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/connie-wanek-76071_books_my-poems-are-certainly-in-the-lyric-trad_3094455.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-wanek/#itemlist", "name": "Connie Wanek Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The literary scene is filled with young people now, which is a great joy. 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