Famous Walt Whitman Quotes


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Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works.

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
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I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
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Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
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To have great poets, there must be great audiences.
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There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
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I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.
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