69 Quotes by Elizabeth Bishop

Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations!

Should we have stayed at home and thought of here? Where should we be today? Is it right to be watching strangers in a play in this strangest of theatres?

The art of losing isn't hard to masters; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I’m sure it’s a good one – and the same goes for paintings.

What childishness is it that while there’s breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around?

I’ve never written the things I’d like to write that I’ve admired all my life. Maybe one never does.