Facts about Anthony Hecht

Occup.Poet
FromUSA
BornJanuary 16, 1923
DiedOctober 20, 2004
Aged81 years

Summary

Anthony Hecht was a famous Poet from USA, who lived between January 16, 1923 and October 20, 2004. He/she became 81 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac capricorn, who is known for Determination, Dominance, Perservering, Practical, Willful. Our collection contains 6 quotes who is written / told by Anthony.

6 Famous quotes by Anthony Hecht

Small: Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiat
"Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so we sought for signs"
Small: Theres not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry
"There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library"
Small: Children know from a remarkably early age that things are being kept from them, that grown-ups particip
"Children know from a remarkably early age that things are being kept from them, that grown-ups participate in a world of mysteries"
Small: It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden
"It doesn't seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden"
Small: A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery and this is best done by saying over the lines
"A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice"
Small: Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witchs
"Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew"