Muriel Rukeyser

In our period, they say there is free speech. They say there is no penalty for poets, There is no penalty for writing poems. They say this. This is the penalty.

A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to anyone who is prepared to receive them. There is no such thing as bad art.

The journey is my home.

The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.