“The sensical law of this world is might makes right; the nonsensical law of our heroine is love conquers all.”

— E. E. Cummings, A Foreword to Krazy, 1946

About E. E. Cummings

American poet and painter known for unconventional typography and love poems such as 'i carry your heart with me'.

“i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)”

“Almost anybody can learn to think or believe or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel”

“Writing, I feel, is an art; and artists, I feel, are human beings.”

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.”

“Not to display anger or other emotions. To be free of passion and yet full of love.”

“I call upon you, young men, to obey your heart, and be the nobility of this land.”

“Give all to love; obey thy heart.”