Patti Smith
Musician
"I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I contain multitudes." I understand that."
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Walt
15 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Langston Hughes
Poet, Novelist
"Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lips"
Walt Whitman
Poet, Essayist
"I meet new Walt Whitmans everyday. There are a dozen of them afloat. I don't know which Walt Whitman I am."
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