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William Carlos Williams Quotes About History

Quotes about: History
  • [History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead - and so the imagination of the living.

    William Carlos Williams (1978). “A Recognizable Image: William Carlos Williams on Art and Artists”, New Directions Publishing Corporation
  • No opinion can be trusted; even the facts may be nothing but a printer's error.

    William Carlos Williams (1956). “In the American Grain”, p.190, New Directions Publishing
  • History must stay open, it is all humanity.

    William Carlos Williams (1956). “In the American Grain”, p.189, New Directions Publishing
  • History, history! We fools, what do we know or care.

    William Carlos Williams (2009). “In the American Grain (Second Edition)”, p.61, New Directions Publishing

William Carlos Williams

  • Born: September 17, 1883
  • Died: March 4, 1963
  • Occupation: Poet
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