Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
E. E. Cummings Quotes
We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
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| Birth: | 14th October, 1894 |
| Death: | 3rd September, 1962 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Edward Estlin Cummings was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as an eminent voice of 20th century poetry.
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