A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to anyone who is prepared to receive them.
Muriel RukeyserNourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.
Muriel RukeyserThe universe of poetry is the universe of emotional truth. Our material is in the way we feel and the way we remember.
Muriel Rukeyser