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Creative Quotations from e. e. cummings (1894-1962) born on Oct 14 US poet, novelist; well known for his eccentric language and typography; wrote Tulips.

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2 Creative Quotations from e. e. cummings (1894-1962) born on Oct 14 US poet, novelist; well known for his eccentric language and typography; wrote Tulips are Chimneys, 1923 and the autobiographical The Enormous Room, 1922.

3 All ignorance toboggans into know and trudges up to ignorance again.

4 Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

5 To destroy is always the first step in any creation.

6 Nothing recedes like progress.

7 To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best… to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle… and never stop fighting.

8 e. e. explore creative thinking with creative quotations! Visit CreativeQuotations.com today!

9 CREDITS: Copyright 2008, Baertracks. BeMoreCreative & Creative Quotations are registered trademarks. Public domain photo from Wikimedia Commons Background music from Sound Ideas, Inc.

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