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American poet known for her unique poetic style and profound insights into life. Elizabeth Bishop's works are renowned for their concise, straightforward language and rich emotional expression.

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Famous Elizabeth Bishop Quotes

“Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master.”

Art Hard Lost Hours Loses Accepting Doors Masters Keys Losing

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“It is what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, drawn from the cold hard mouth of the world, derived from the rocky breasts forever, flowing and drawn, and since our knowledge is historical, flowing, and flown.”

World Hard Moving Dark Knowledge Forever Clear Imagine Sea Cold Mouths Historical Breasts Salt Symbolism

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“But he sleeps on the top of his mast with his eyes closed tight. The gull inquired into his dream, which was, "I must not fall. The spangled sea below wants me to fall. It is hard as diamonds; it wants to destroy us all.”

Want Hard Dream Eye Fall Sleep Sea His Eyes Want Me Diamond Masts Gulls

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“The art of losing isn't hard to master.”

Art Hard Masters Losing Your Loss

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.”

Writing Looks May Art Hard Voice Masters Losing Disaster Breakup Gestures Evident Lied

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.”

Art Hard Seems Lost Loss Cutting Masters Losing Filled Disaster Sunset Your Loss

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

About the Author

Born: February 8, 1911
Died: October 6, 1979
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 52

Books & Sources

PoemsRelated source material

Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and LettersRelated source material

North and SouthRelated source material

Conversations with Elizabeth BishopRelated source material

One Art: LettersRelated source material

The Complete Poems 1927-1979Related source material

Geography III: PoemsRelated source material

LIFE WORLD LIBRARY BRAZILRelated source material

Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert LowellRelated source material

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