Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.

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About A.R. Ammons

Archibald Randolph Ammons (February 18, 1926 – February 25, 2001) was an American poet and professor of English at Cornell University. Ammons published nearly thirty collections of poems in his lifetime. Revered for his impact on American romantic poetry, Ammons received several major awards for his work, including two National...

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There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.

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In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

—Christopher Morley

For me, it was almost like winter didn’t count. Summer was what mattered. My whole life was measured in summers.

—Jenny Han in The Summer I Turned Pretty

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We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

—Maria Mitchell

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You are beautiful, no matter what they say.

—Christina Aguilera

I am so beautiful, sometimes people weep when they see me. And it has nothing to do with what I look like really, it is just that I gave myself the power to say that I am beautiful, and if I could do that, maybe there is hope for them too. And the great divide between the beautiful and the ugly will cease to be. Because we are all what we choose.

—Margaret Cho

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