If your daily life seems of no account, don't blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its treasures. For the creative artist there is no impoverishment and no worthless place. (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Paris, February 17, 1903
Letters to a Young Poet
Jul 27, 2014
Jul 27, 2014 at 7:35 PM UTC
If your daily life seems of no account, don't blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its treasures. For the creative artist there is no impoverishment and no worthless place. (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Paris, February 17, 1903
Letters to a Young Poet
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