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Dylan Thomas was a renowned Welsh poet known for his unique poetic style and passionate recitations. His works were filled with love for life and contemplation of death, making him one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.

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Famous Dylan Thomas Quotes

“These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't.”

Ifs Men Doubt Written Fool Praise Confusion Damn Umpires

Author:Dylan Thomas

“I used to think that once a writer became a man of letters, if only for a half hour, he was done for. And here I am now, at the very moment of such an odious, though respectable, danger.”

Ifs Thinking Men Done Moments Used Hours Half Danger Letters Respectable Here I Am Pretension Half Hours

Book:Quite Early One Morning

Source: Quite Early One Morning

“A worm tells summer better than the clock, The slug's a living calendar of days; What shall it tell me if a timeless insect Says the world wears away?”

Ifs World Time Summer Clock Timeless Worms Insects Calendars Slugs

Book:Dylan Thomas Selected Poems, 1934-1952

Source: Dylan Thomas Selected Poems, 1934-1952

“If you want a definition of poetry, say: Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing and let it go at that.”

Ifs Want Laughing Cry Definitions Poetry Is Let It Go Make Me Laugh Toenails

Book:The Poems of Dylan Thomas

Source: The Poems of Dylan Thomas

“Don't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends some sort of certainty: at least, if the things are bad then, they appear to be bad with conviction.”

Ifs Thinking Conviction Certainty Harsh

Book:The collected letters

Source: The collected letters

“Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.”

Ifs States Would Be

Book:The Poems of Dylan Thomas

Source: The Poems of Dylan Thomas

“I think, that if I touched the earth, It would crumble; It is so sad and beautiful, So tremulously like a dream.”

Ifs Thinking Dream Earth Beautiful Touched So Sad

Author:Dylan Thomas

“My tears are like the quiet drift of petals from some magic rose; and all my grief flows from the rift of unremembered skies and snows. I think that if I touched the earth, it would crumble; it is so sad and beautiful, so tremulously like a dream.”

Ifs Thinking Dream Earth Beautiful Grief Magic Sky Tears Quiet Flow Rose Snow Touched Petals So Sad Rift

Author:Dylan Thomas

About the Author

Born: October 27, 1914
Died: November 9, 1953
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 157

Books & Sources

The Poems of Dylan ThomasRelated source material

Dylan Thomas Selected Poems, 1934-1952Related source material

Quite Early One MorningRelated source material

The collected lettersRelated source material

On the Air with Dylan Thomas: The BroadcastsRelated source material

Under Milk Wood: A Play for VoicesRelated source material

Collected PoemsRelated source material

Under Milk WoodRelated source material

A Child's Christmas in WalesRelated source material

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightRelated source material

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