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> # 'The Red Wheelbarrow' from Spring and All (1923)

[William Carlos Williams](https://quotesby.net/William-Carlos-Williams)\#10

[Poetry](https://quotesby.net/William-Carlos-Williams/poetry/)[Focus](https://quotesby.net/topics/focus/)[Objects](https://quotesby.net/topics/objects/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Highlights the importance of a simple, everyday object in a specific setting.In plain termsNotice the wheelbarrow and its role.What can you take from it?Find value in ordinary things.

### Where it applies

- design
- art
- daily chores

### Putting it to work

- study objects
- appreciate utility
- focus attention

### Questions to consider

- What ordinary things matter?
- How do you see value?

### Another view

It ignores context outside the frame.

## More from William Carlos Williams

1. > There's a lot of bastards out there!

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2. > The art of the poem nowadays is something unstable; but at least the construction of the poem should make sense; you should know where you stand. Many question…

[Permalink to quote \#3](https://quotesby.net/William-Carlos-Williams/3/ "Permalink to quote 3")
3. > What is the use of reading the common news of the day, the tragic deaths and abuses of daily living, when for over half a lifetime we have known that they must…

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2. > We want to be poets of our life - first of all in the smallest most everyday matters.

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3. > All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

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