Facts about Mark Van Doren

Occup.Poet
FromUSA
BornJune 13, 1894
DiedDecember 10, 1972
Aged78 years

Summary

Mark Van Doren was a famous Poet from USA, who lived between June 13, 1894 and December 10, 1972. He/she became 78 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 7 quotes who is written / told by Mark.

Related authors: Joseph Wood Krutch (Environmentalist), Louis Kronenberger (Critic), Carl Clinton Van Doren (Critic)

7 Famous quotes by Mark Van Doren

Small: The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion.
"The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do"
Small: The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery
"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery"
Small: Wit is the only wall between us and the dark
"Wit is the only wall between us and the dark"
Small: To fail to love is not to exist at all
"To fail to love is not to exist at all"
Small: Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor it is the sign that he wants all the truth
"Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth"
Small: Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king
"Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king"
Small: When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is har
"When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all"