“The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.”
“A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone.”
| Amos Bronson Alcott, Educator (1799) |
| Louisa May Alcott, Novelist (1832) |
| John D. Barrow, Scientist (1952) |
| Brian Baumgartner, Actor (1972) |
| Kim Delaney, Actress (1961) |
| Taisen Deshimaru, Philosopher (1914) |
| Rahm Emanuel, Politician (1959) |
| Harry Essex, Writer (1910) |
| Anna Faris, Actress (1976) |
| John Ambrose Fleming, Inventor (1849) |
| William Cartwright, Dramatist (1643) |
| Dorothy Day, Activist (1980) |
| Louis Finkelstein, Clergyman (1991) |
| Dan Flavin, Sculptor (1996) |
| George Harrison, Musician (2001) |
| Thomas Hewitt Key, Writer (1875) |