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“If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.”

Rita Dove · Trust

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Rita Dove

My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.

Learning

Rita Dove

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

Poetry

Rita Dove

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.

Imagination

Rita Dove

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

Poetry