“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
Walt Whitman Quotes
1819 – 1892
American poet and essayist who revised 'Leaves of Grass' across nearly four decades, celebrating democracy, the body and the self.
40 quotesAbout Walt Whitman on Wikipedia
“It is a beautiful truth that all men contain something of the artist in them.”
“I think of few heroic actions, which cannot be traced to the artistical impulse.”
“Poetry (like a grand personality) is a growth of many generations—many rare combinations.”
“None has begun to think how divine he himself is and how certain the future is.”
“Each of us inevitable; each of us limitless—each of us with his or her right upon the earth.”
“The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman.”
“Youth, large, lusty, loving—Youth, full of grace, force, fascination!”
“Do you know that Old Age may come after you, with equal grace, force, fascination?”
“To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle.”
“Society waits unformed and is between things ended and things begun.”
“What do you suppose will satisfy the soul except to walk free and own no superior?”
“Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling!”
“Praised be the fathomless universe for life and joy and for objects and knowledge curious.”
