Homer has taught all other poets the are of telling lies skillfully. Aristotle
Homer has taught all other poets the are of telling lies skillfully.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Aristotle
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Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying. W. H. Auden
Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by W. H. Auden
I’ve read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. John Barrymore
I’ve read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by John Barrymore
Any healthy man can go without food for two days — but not without poetry. Charles Baudelaire
Any healthy man can go without food for two days — but not without poetry.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Charles Baudelaire
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind. Maxwell Bodenheim
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Maxwell Bodenheim
Poetry is life distilled. Gwendolyn Brooks
Poetry is life distilled.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Gwendolyn Brooks
Poetry should only occupy the idle. Lord Byron
Poetry should only occupy the idle.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Lord Byron
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth — the true poet is very near the oracle. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth — the true poet is very near the oracle.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Poetry is indispensable –if I only knew what for. Jean Cocteau
Poetry is indispensable –if I only knew what for.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Jean Cocteau
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. Emily Dickinson
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Emily Dickinson
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
Only poetry inspires poetry. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Only poetry inspires poetry.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
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
Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. George Farquhar
Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by George Farquhar
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 essence of poetry is will and passion. William Hazlitt
The essence of poetry is will and passion.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by William Hazlitt
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
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
Every old poem is sacred. Horace
Every old poem is sacred.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
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
A person born with an instinct for poverty. Elbert Hubbard
A person born with an instinct for poverty.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Elbert Hubbard
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
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
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