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In every art beginners must start with models of those who have practiced the same art before them. And it is not only a matter of looking at the drawings, paintings, musical compositions, and poems that have been and are being created; it is a matter of being drawn into the individual work of art, of realizing that it has been made by a real human being, and trying to discover the secret of its creation.
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Let me apologize for all the faces I've worn, none of them my own.
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I keep my clocks a little fast / so time won't take me by surprise.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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Ruth Whitman
Born:
1922
Died:
1999
(aged 77)
Bio:
Ruth Whitman was an American poet, translator, and professor. Her eighth and last book is Hatshepshut, Speak to me, and her most well-known and well-regarded is Tamsen Donner: A Woman’s Journey.
Known for:
Tamsen Donner (1977)
Hatshepsut, speak to me (1992)
The testing of Hanna Senesh (1986)
Becoming a Poet: Source, Process, Practice (1982)
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