Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitmanwas an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth31 May 1819
CountryUnited States of America
Walt Whitman quotes about
O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad, sad soil of extreme, degrading, damning poverty, but the land in which there are the most homesteads, freeholds - where wealth does not show such contrasts high and low, where all men have enough - a modest living- and no man is made possessor beyond the sane and beautiful necessities.
I sing the body electric.
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
Give me solitude, give me Nature, give me again O Nature your primal sanities!
Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.
There is no God any more divine than Yourself.
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road.
I refuse putting from me the best that I am.
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.