Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time. Carl Sandburg answerarithmeticblue share on social
The greatest cunning is to have none at all. Carl Sandburg cunninggreat Change image and share on social
Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child. Carl Sandburg birthchildcommand Change image and share on social
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. Carl Sandburg danceechopoetry Change image and share on social
I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way. Carl Sandburg idealist Change image and share on social
We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written. Carl Sandburg bookdoggonetill Change image and share on social
Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool. Carl Sandburg backfoolhappy Change image and share on social
I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman. Carl Sandburg chicagodecidefireman Change image and share on social
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. Carl Sandburg biscuithyacinthpoetry Change image and share on social
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future. Carl Sandburg ashebucketforget share on social
