Robert Penn Warren – 3 Quotes

3 Quotes by Robert Penn Warren

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

– Robert Penn Warren

The poem is a little myth of man’s capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.

– Robert Penn Warren

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.

– Robert Penn Warren