Memories Quote by Stanley Kunitz

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

— Peter Davison

“Memory is a poet, not a historian.”

— Paul Geraldy

Memory is a poet, not an historian.

— Marie Howe

Now more than ever, as the role of memory in our culture erodes at a faster pace than ever before, we need to cultivate…

— Joshua Foer

Poetry is the memory of language

— Jacques Roubaud

Memory has always been fundamental for me. In fact, remembering what I had forgotten is the way most of the poems get started.

— Seamus Heaney

“Each man's memory is his own private literature”

— Huxley Aldous

“My memory often seems like a city of exiled poets afire with the astonishment of language, each believing in the integrity of his own…

— Pat Conroy

Each man has his own batch of poems.

— Saul Bellow

Memory and poetry go together, absolutely. It is a matter of preserving and of remembering things.

— Lisel Mueller

“Memory takes a lot of poetic licence. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to the emotional value of the articles it touches,…

— Tennessee Williams

“Memories of the outside world will never have the same tonality as those of home and, by recalling these memories, we add to our…

— Gaston Bachelard