"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity."
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Quotes by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist, often hailed as one of the most significant figures in American literature. Born in Long Island, New York, he worked various jobs before publishing his groundbreaking collection, *Leaves of Grass*, which celebrated the individual spirit and the democratic ethos of America. Whitman's free verse and exploration of humanity reshaped poetry, influencing generations of writers. His legacy endures through his vision of a connected, vibrant society, echoing in the voices of contemporary poets and activists alike.
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"Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?"
Walt Whitman"And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud."
Walt Whitman
"I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems, schools, theology, displacing all that exists, or that has been produced anywhere in the past, under opposite influences."
Walt Whitman"After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains."
Walt Whitman