Walt Whitman Quotes
America's poet of democracy, whose Leaves of Grass sang the self, the body and the open road. Whitman's generous, sprawling verse celebrates everything alive. Below are 15 of the most loved Walt Whitman quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.
We convince by our presence.
In the faces of men and women I see God.
I exist as I am, that is enough.
Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
Happiness, not in another place but this place... not for another hour, but this hour.
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
Be curious, not judgmental.
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.
The untold want by life and land ne'er granted, Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find.
Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.