Home / Authors / Louise Bogan

Louise Bogan Quotes

Poet

Louise Bogan, an American poet, was born on August 11, 1897, and died on February 4, 1970. Her poetry is known for its simplicity, depth, and emotional richness, often exploring themes of personal emotion and the human condition.

Filter quotes by topic

All Poetry Art Heart Believe World Ifs Intellectual Poet Suffering Air Blood Blow Certain Emotion Emotional Facts Feelings Firsts Giving Has Beens

Famous Louise Bogan Quotes

“The art of one period cannot be approached through the attitudes (emotional or intellectual) of another.”

Art Attitude Emotional Periods Intellectual Eras

Author:Louise Bogan

“All art, in spite of the struggles of some critics to prove otherwise, is based on emotion and projects emotion.”

Art Emotion Struggle Prove Projects Critics Spite

Book:Journey around my room: the autobiography of Louise Bogan : a mosaic

Source: Journey around my room: the autobiography of Louise Bogan : a mosaic

“... politics are nothing but sand and gravel: it is art and life that feed us until we die. Everything else is ambition, hysteria or hatred.”

Art Dies Ambition Hatred Sand Hysteria Gravel Art And Life

Book:What the woman lived: selected letters of Louise Bogan, 1920-1970

Source: What the woman lived: selected letters of Louise Bogan, 1920-1970

“Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.”

Heart Kind Art Feelings Violence Achievement Superiors Innocence

Book:A poet's prose: selected writings of Louise Bogan : with the uncollected poems

Source: A poet's prose: selected writings of Louise Bogan : with the uncollected poems

“True revolutions in art restore more than they destroy.”

Art Revolution

Author:Louise Bogan

About the Author

Born: August 11, 1897
Died: February 4, 1970
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 44

Books & Sources

Journey around my room: the autobiography of Louise Bogan : a mosaicRelated source material

Poems and new poemsRelated source material

A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and VocationRelated source material

What the woman lived: selected letters of Louise Bogan, 1920-1970Related source material

A poet's prose: selected writings of Louise Bogan : with the uncollected poemsRelated source material

The Blue EstuariesRelated source material

Similar Authors

Judith RodriguezBrowse related quotes
Anne HebertBrowse related quotes
Babette DeutschBrowse related quotes
Sally-Ann RobertsBrowse related quotes
Diane GlancyBrowse related quotes
Don PatersonBrowse related quotes
Muriel RukeyserBrowse related quotes
Stephen BurtBrowse related quotes
J. Patrick LewisBrowse related quotes
Wallace StevensBrowse related quotes