Painted Bird

Famous quotes containing the words painted bird, painted and/or bird:

“When the painted birds laugh in the shade,
When our table with cherries and nuts is spread:
Come live, and be merry, and join with me
To sing the sweet chorus of ‘Ha, ha, he!’”
—William Blake (1757–1827)

“There must be real gods
see, the painted gods
how fair!”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)