Any casual observer can tell at a glance I'm not the person I think I am.

— Marty Rubin

A person can drop dead even while singing. But that's no reason to stop singing.

— Marty Rubin

A pessimist is someone who has forgotten the joy of beginning.

— Marty Rubin

A poem is an event, like a wedding or birth.

— Marty Rubin

A poet is a feeling, sentient being, not a word machine.

— Marty Rubin

A poet is someone who never forgets they were born naked.

— Marty Rubin

Appreciation, not possession, makes a thing ours.

— Marty Rubin

Art is a picture of the spirit.

— Marty Rubin

Art is a space in which freedom tests its wings.

— Marty Rubin

Art is good, but happiness is better.

— Marty Rubin