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E." Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), often styled as e e cummings, as he sometimes signed his name, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He wrote approximately 2900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays, and several essays. </p> <p> Also known as <a href="/profession/122/">Painter</a>, <a href="/profession/156/">Essayist</a>, <a href="/profession/5/">Author</a>, <a href="/profession/48/">Playwright</a>, <a href="/profession/38/">Novelist</a> </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about e. e. cummings"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a158/31ff16/">there's time for laughing and there's time for crying— for hoping for despair for peace for longing —a time for growing and a time for dying: a night for silence and a day for singing but more than all(as all your more than eyes tell me)there is a time for timelessness</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a158/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/158.v4.jpg" alt="e. e. cummings"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">e. e. cummings</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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The goal is unrealism. The method is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism, into the secret glories which it contains.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a158/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/158.v4.jpg" alt="e. e. cummings"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">e. e. cummings</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01fea0"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01fea0" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a158/01fea0/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20symbol%20of%20all%20art%20is%20the%20Prism.%20The%20goal%20is%20unrealism.%20The%20method%20is%20destructive.%20To%20break%20up%20the%20white%20light%20of%20objective%20realism%2C%20into%20the%20secret%20glories%20which%20it%20contains.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa158%2F01fea0%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/423/">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/934/">Light</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a158/120090/">Lessons hide in his wrinkles. 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An artist who plays that country false has committed suicide; and even a good lawyer cannot kill the dead. 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as yes is to if,love is to yes</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a158/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/158.v4.jpg" alt="e. e. cummings"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">e. e. cummings</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31ff25"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31ff25" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a158/31ff25/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=For%20surely%20as%20each%20November%20has%20its%20April%2C%20mysteries%20only%20are%20significant%3B%20and%20one%20mystery-of-mysteries%20creates%20them%20all:%20nothing%20false%20and%20possible%20is%20love%20%28who%27s%20imagined%2Ctherefore%20limitless%29%20love%27s%20to%20giving%20as%20to%20keeping%27s%20give%3B%20as%20yes%20is%20to%20if%2Clove%20is%20to%20yes&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa158%2F31ff25%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/765/">Giving</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1036/">Love Is</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1531/">November</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a158/2258e/">Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a158/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/158.v4.jpg" alt="e. e. cummings"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">e. e. cummings</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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