5+ William Everson Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best William Everson quotes and sayings.

The historic transition from Novice to Proficient to Adept was said to be accomplished virtually overnight by the progression from marijuana to peyote to lysergic acid. Instant mysticism had arrived. Before the court of law, hippies demanded freedom for LSD the way early Christians demanded freedom for the Eucharist. — William Everson

I'm beat to the square, and square to the beat, and that's my vocation. — William Everson

Art is not the handmaid of politics. It is its own remedy! And its healing is sacral. — William Everson

I pulled a book by Robinson Jeffers off the shelf one day. It was powerfully moving. Tears ran down my face. That's when I became a poet. — William Everson

Poetry, like sanctity, is the orchestration of multiple attributes into vast, compelling wholes. — William Everson