William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet closely associated with modernism and imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine with a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Williams "worked harder at being a writer than he did at being a physician" but excelled at both.

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    all to no end save beauty
    the eternal—

    So in detail they, the crowd,
    are beautiful
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    If I admire my arms, my face,
    my shoulders, flanks, buttocks
    against the yellow drawn shades,—

    Who shall say I am not
    the happy genius of my household?
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    We have to distrust each other. It is our only defence against betrayal.
    —Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)