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I lived in the first century of world wars.
Most mornings I would be more or less insane.

— Muriel Rukeyser The Speed of Darkness (1968)

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The meanings of poetry take their growth through the interaction of the images and the music of the poem.

The Life of Poetry (1949)

Moment to moment, we can grow, if we can bring ourselves to meet the moment with our lives.

The Life of Poetry (1949)

The poetic image is not a static thing. It lives in time, as does the poem.

The Life of Poetry (1949)

The cutting of films is a parable in the motion of any art that lives in time, as well as a parable in the ethics of communication.

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Belief has its structures, and its symbols change. Its tradition changes. All the relationships within these forms are inter-dependent.

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