Top 62 Quotes by Rita Dove

About Rita Dove

These are some quotes by American author Rita Dove Poet, who was born on August 28, 1952.

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art.

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art.

Rita Dove

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

Rita Dove

As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male and the way in which certain aspects of history, the things that we are taught in school, the things that are handed down, never, never entered the picture though they might have been very important.

Rita Dove

I think that you certainly don't have to be aged and travel the world to write a poem.

I think that you certainly don't have to be aged and travel the world to write a poem.

Rita Dove

I make a discovery in a poem as I write it.

I make a discovery in a poem as I write it.

Rita Dove

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.

Rita Dove

My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.

My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.

Rita Dove

It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate.

It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate.

Rita Dove

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.

Rita Dove

You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.

You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.

Rita Dove

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