A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings. Jules Renard
A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Jules Renard
Year: 2008
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. Edgar Allan Poe
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history. Plato
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Plato
The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it. Sylvia Plath
The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Sylvia Plath
The courage of the poets is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. Christopher Morley
The courage of the poets is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Christopher Morley
It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Poets are born, not paid. Addison Mizner
Poets are born, not paid.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Addison Mizner
Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal. Philip Massinger
Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Philip Massinger
Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. Don Marquis
Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Don Marquis
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. Thomas B. Macaulay
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Thomas B. Macaulay
The eye is the notebook of the poet. James Russell Lowell
The eye is the notebook of the poet.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by James Russell Lowell
Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive. Alphonse De Lamartine
Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Alphonse De Lamartine
Inside every man there is a poet who died young. Stephan Kanfer
Inside every man there is a poet who died young.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Stephan Kanfer
You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. Joseph Joubert
You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Joseph Joubert
A good poet’s made as well as born. Ben Johnson
A good poet’s made as well as born.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Ben Johnson
A person born with an instinct for poverty. Elbert Hubbard
A person born with an instinct for poverty.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Elbert Hubbard
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. Horace
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Horace
Poets wish to profit or to please. Horace
Poets wish to profit or to please.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Horace
Every old poem is sacred. Horace
Every old poem is sacred.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Horace
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers. Horace
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Horace
The man is either mad, or he is making verses. Horace
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Horace
The essence of poetry is will and passion. William Hazlitt
The essence of poetry is will and passion.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by William Hazlitt
Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature. David Hare
Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by David Hare
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry. David Hare
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by David Hare
If there’s no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. Robert Graves
If there’s no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Robert Graves
I don’t know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion. Zona Gale
I don’t know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Zona Gale
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. Robert Frost
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Robert Frost
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. Robert Frost
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Robert Frost
I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down. Robert Frost
I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Robert Frost
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. Robert Frost
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Robert Frost
We all write poems. It is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. John Fowles
We all write poems. It is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by John Fowles
All one’s inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. Gustave Flaubert
All one’s inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Gustave Flaubert
Of all great poems, love is the absolute and essential foundation. C. Fitzhugh
Of all great poems, love is the absolute and essential foundation.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by C. Fitzhugh
Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation. Robert Fitzgerald
Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Robert Fitzgerald
A mighty good sausage stuffer was spoiled when the man became a poet. Eugene Field
A mighty good sausage stuffer was spoiled when the man became a poet.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Eugene Field
Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. George Farquhar
Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by George Farquhar
Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Only poetry inspires poetry. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Only poetry inspires poetry.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. Max Eastman
A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Max Eastman