3 Quotes & Sayings By Reynolds Price

A renowned poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, biographer, teacher, and writer of short stories, memoirs, and children's literature, Reynolds Price was born in Chicago in 1923. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa in 1945 and his master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1947. He went on to receive a doctorate from the University of California at San Diego in 1978.

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From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I really meant was I was someone who was very interested in watching the world and making copies of it. Reynolds Price
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Even now, after whatever gains feminism has made in involving fathers in the rearing of their children, I still think virtually all of us spend the most formative years of our lives very much in the presence of women. Reynolds Price