Quotes about poet
poetic psychologist obvious
But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist. Lytton Strachey
poet
It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.
poetry atmosphere may
My 'must-have' was poetry. From the first, life meant that to me. And, fortunately, poetry is not purchasable material, but an atmosphere in which every life may expand. I found it everywhere about me ... Lucy Larcom
poetry generations poetry-is
Poetry is often generations in advance of the thought of its time. Louise Bogan
poetic creation something-new
Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be? Paolo Bacigalupi
poetry firsts acorns
All high poetry is infinite; it is as the first acorn, which contained all oaks potentially. Percy Bysshe Shelley
poetry verbs looks
Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude. Mary Oliver
poetry way empty
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
poet young written
But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet. Philip Levine
poetry strings parades
Poetry is a string of words that parades without a permit. Linda Hogan
poetry good-man through-the-looking-glass
I can explain all the poems that were ever invented - and a good many that haven't been invented just yet. Lewis Carroll
poet chairs
Keelhaul the poets in the vestry chairs. Karl Shapiro
poetry literature should
Poetry should describe itself, and always be simultaneously poetry and the poetry of poetry. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
poetry letters becoming
In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in the moderns, one has the presentiment of the spirit in becoming.
poetry raw-materials trends
There is so much poetry, and yet nothing is more rare than a poetic work. This is what the masses make out of poetical sketches, studies, aphorisms, trends, ruins, and raw material.
poetry very-good deliberate
In every good poem everything must be both deliberate and instinctive. That is how the poem becomes ideal.
poetry unleashing poetry-is
Poetry is good for unleashing images. Paula Rego
poetry language form
A poem is a form of refrigeration that stops language going bad. Peter Porter
poetry apotheosis poetry-is
Poetry is the apotheosis of sentiment. Madame de Stael
poet
I learn life from the poets.
poetry literature may
Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. Gustave Flaubert
poetry checks priests
A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests. John Dryden
poetry heroic human-nature
Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature.
poetry mystery poet
How poetry comes to the poet is a mystery. John Lennon
poet minors knows
I alwaysthought of myself as a competent, minor poet. I know who I'm up against. Leonard Cohen
poetry burning olive-branches
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love
poet
Hang yourself, poet, in your own words. Otherwise, you are dead. Langston Hughes
poetry
Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented. Mark Strand
poetry feels anything-is-possible
I feel that anything is possible in a poem.
poetry mind fine
Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace. Ovid
poetry letters jest
I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem; my verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have shunned wit steeped in venom--not a letter of mine is dipped in poisonous jest.
poet term
One must love a poet on its own terms. Paul Gray
poetry roles literature
In poetic thought, the role of the subconscious is played by euphony. Joseph Brodsky