Charles Olson Quotes

You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble. - Charles Olson

You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false. - Charles Olson

You can do anything, literally, right? That's one of the exciting possibilities of the present. - Charles Olson

When will government cease being a nuisance to everybody? - Charles Olson

Whatever you have to say, leave the roots on, let them dangle, And the dirt, Just to make clear where they come from. - Charles Olson

We're all moving, moving, moving. Isn't it nice? - Charles Olson

We all want what's been suddenly disallowed. - Charles Olson

This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water. - Charles Olson

This country has been unconscious, and it's got to awake. That's my belief. - Charles Olson

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe. - Charles Olson

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