Quotes about poetry
poetry merit praise
Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests. Jose Marti
poetry metaphor algebra
Poetry has become the higher algebra of metaphors. Jose Ortega y Gasset
poetry despair born
The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair. Jose Bergamin
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 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 lines serious
From not the gravest of Divines, Accept for once some serious Lines. Jonathan Swift
poetry poet
Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..
poetry gaps muse
Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter. Mason Cooley
poetry machines bees
When poets go off the boil, they sound like bumble bees; when critics do, they sound like sewing machines.
poetry deeds titles
Title deeds generally outlast poems.
poetry professors daring
Abyss-mongering makes professors and poets feel daring.
poetry soul single-relationship
Every single soul is a poem. Michael Franti
poetry poetry-is
religion is poetry, - poetry is religion. Marie Corelli
poetry obscurity praise
A bard whom there were none to praise, And very few to read. Hartley Coleridge
poetry darkness rhyme
I rhyme… to see myself, to set the darkness echoing. Seamus Heaney
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 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 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 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
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 checks priests
A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests. John Dryden