A great deal of my poetry has been written while I have been out walking.

Wallace Stevens

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Walking and creativity Walking Creativity

Author

Wallace Stevens

Source

Letters of Wallace Stevens

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United States

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Citation

Stevens, Wallace. Letter to Irita Van Doren. 20 Sept. 1954.

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Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
1958 1950s 20th century
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Heisenberg, Werner. "An Old and a New Tradition." Gifford Lectures. Winter term 1955-1956, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.

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One must have chaos inside oneself to give birth to a dancing star.

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
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Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1883, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 1.