James Oppenheim Quotes

1882–1932 United States

James Oppenheim (24 May 1882 – 4 August 1932) was an American poet, novelist, and editor. A lay analyst and early follower of Carl Jung, Oppenheim was also a founder and editor of The Seven Arts.

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Man's the bad child of the universe.

War and Laughter (1916)

We age inevitably:
The old joys fade and are gone:
And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear.

War and Laughter (1916)

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
The wise grows it under his feet.

War and Laughter (1916)

Would you end war?
Create great Peace.

War and Laughter (1916)

Hadn't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before I was born?

War and Laughter (1916)

To be a god
First I must be a god-maker:
We are what we create.

War and Laughter (1916)

Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses.

They can only set free men free...
And there is no need of that:
Free men set themselves free.

Songs for the New Age (1914)

Quick as a hummingbird is my love,
Dipping into the hearts of flowers—
She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly,
Dipping into the flowers of my heart...

War and Laughter (1916)

Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float
In sunset’s golden and crimson dyes: I look, and a great joy clutches my throat!
Plateau of roofs by canyons crossed: windows by thousands fire-unfurled—
O gazing, how the heart is lost in the Deepest City of the World!

Monday Morning and Other Poems (1909)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Oppenheim (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.