Quotes about poetry
poetry saws speak
Milton saw not, and Beethoven heard not, but the sense of beauty was upon them, and they fain must speak. John Ruskin
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
poetry literature surprise
Poetry surprises us with what we already know. John Fuller
poetry brutal humans
Before verse can be human again it must learn to be brutal. John Millington Synge
poetry together violence
Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart... John Berger
poetry speech
The poetry of speech. Lord Byron
poetry mathematical fourier
Fourier is a mathematical poem. Lord Kelvin
poetry creation poet
The beauty of poetry is that the creation transcends the poet. Mahatma Gandhi
poetry suggestions infinite
Every great poem is in itself limited by necessity, but in its suggestions unlimited and infinite. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
poetry elements saturn
The tragic element in poetry is like Saturn in alchemy, — the Malevolent, the Destroyer of Nature ; but without it no true Aurum Potabile, or Elixir of Life, can be made.
poetry soul judgment
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul. Henrik Ibsen
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 Leonard Cohen
poetry apotheosis poetry-is
Poetry is the apotheosis of sentiment. Madame de Stael
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
poetry doe asking
The question "From where does the poet get it?" addresses only the what, nobody learns anything about the how when asking that question. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
poetry littles lyrical
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.
poetry world faults
The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.
poetry realizing poetic
There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. John Cage
poetry myrtle ruins
Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme? Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread, By winding myrtle round your ruin'd shed? George Crabbe
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.
poetry police progress
The progress of any writer is marked by those moments when he manages to outwit his own inner police system. Ted Hughes
poetry fossils language
Language is fossil Poetry. Ralph Waldo Emerson
poetry shepherds lambs
The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . .
poetry firsts finest
The finest poetry was first experience.
poetry argument
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem.
poetry mind poet
The true poem is the poet's mind.
poetry unleashing poetry-is
Poetry is good for unleashing images. Paula Rego