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Muna Lee Quotes

1895–1965 United States

Muna Lee (January 29, 1895 – April 3, 1965) was an American poet, author, and activist, who first became known and widely published as a lyric poet in the early 20th century. She also was known for her writings that promoted Pan-Americanism and feminism.

United States
20th-century poets
Activists
Authors
Feminists

Random Muna Lee quote

6 quotes

Another's estimate has never the rich completeness of the sudden word from the inner self.

Science of course is the great international bond.

Cultural Interchanges between the Americas (1929)

It is poetry to express an entire philosophy in simple words

Poetry Every Day (1947)

...of poetry as daily fare-of poetry as being as much the daily bread as the white hyacinths of life.

Poetry Every Day (1947)

Puerto Rico is Spanish American in its past, Anglo-Saxon in its present, and, I trust, in the deepest sense Pan-American in its future

Cultural Interchanges between the Americas (1929)

Translators, again-the most abused and patient lot of folk on earth-are helpful in making us better acquainted; though we hope the time will soon come when citizens of the twenty-one republics will no longer need translators. There is no reason for our not speaking each other's language.

Cultural Interchanges between the Americas (1929)

Attribution

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