106 result(s) for Famous Poet Quotes.
"The only thing worse than a poet is a poetry critic."
"Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air."
"In every work of genius, we distinguish the bold and the timid, the ghost and the flesh, the eternal and the transient."
"Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat."
"The true poem is the poem of the soul."
"Poetry cannot be separated from the poet; it is the poet themselves."
"Poetic talent is a particular way of seeing things, a need to translate the confusion of experience into a clear picture."
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"A poet is a person who can look into his heart and find inspiration amid the sorrow."
"The best poet is the one who knows how to write and read the hearts of people."
"Poetry is an act of peace."
"The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth."
"For me, poetry is a way of making sense of my experience in the world."
"The function of poetry is to teach us how to live, and to see our lives clearly."
"A good poet is a good person."
"Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth."
"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn."
"The essence of poetry is its ability to convey meaning on multiple levels."
"What shall I write? The poem of the mind in the act of finding what will suffice."
"A poem is never finished, only abandoned."
"I am two with nature."
"Poetry is the essential language of thought."
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"The best poetry is the most unrhymed."
"For me, the genesis of poetry is in action, in the will to create something new."
"In poetry, you must love the subject you express."
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."
"Words are a lens to focus one's mind."
"The poet doesn’t invent. He listens."
"Poetry is simply the most beautiful form of literature, the most artful method of communication."
"A good poet is a rare bird."
"The language of poetry is the language of the heart."
"In poetry, you must love the suggestions, the inferences, the evocation—everything that provokes a reaction but is not explicit."
"Poetry allows one to resume dancing with language."
"Poets are the legislators of the universe."
"A poetry of the earth is never dead."
"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
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"The poet's job is to make the world strange again."
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
"A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom."
"The poetry of the earth is never dead."
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."
"Poetry is language at its most distilled and powerful."
"The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first."
"All poetry is a reproduction of the tones of actual things."
"What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?"
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity."
"Poetry can unleash a mind that has been trapped."
"One day I will find the right words, and they all will be simple."
"In the end, the poem is a thing of beauty made of words that take place at the edge of the imagination."
"A good poem is a contribution to reality."
"The true poem is a poise between nature and humanity."
"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary."
"Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone."
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
"Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of transmitting thought to the world."
"Words are the voice of the heart."
"A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman."
"The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up."
"What I like about a good poem is that it does not explain things; it simply gives you a glimpse of reality."
"The poems I create bring to life what the people feel but cannot say."
"I am a poet, and I take the poetic view of the world as a place of beauty and grace."
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."
"If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry."
"The poet is the priest of the invisible."
"Poetry is the most beautiful of all lies."
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players..."
"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they can only be felt with the heart."
"A good poet is like a good looker; if you see their life you shall see their art."
"Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world."
"The best way to keep your word is not to give it."
"Poetry is the echo of the melody of the universe."
"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
"All poetry is a form of creative discovery."
"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."
"The poet's task is to see the world through their eyes and translate it into words."
"Poetry is what gets lost in translation."
"The poet is an inventor of language."
"The secret of being a writer is that you need to have the ability to make everything you want to express dance with rhythm."
"In poetry, you must tell the truth, and if you do, you'll astonish yourself."
"Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted."
"Every poem is a story of its own; every poet is a storyteller."
"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."
"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."
"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."
"Words are the raw materials of poetry, and poets are the craftsmen who shape them into art."
"The poet is the one who talks about the most important things, like love, life, and death."
"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession."
"All poetry is a reproduction of the tones of actual speech."
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness."
"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of imagination."
"The best thing about a God who loves us is that he can love us still when we don’t love him."
"Poetry can take you places that prose cannot."
"Poems are a search for a way to say something you can’t say in ordinary language."
"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."
"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it."
"Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!"
"I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
"Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement."
"The poet’s role is to create a sense of wonder and a sense of mystery."
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."
"Writing poetry is a way to escape this world and find a piece of your own."
"A good poet doesn’t draw attention to his art; he draws attention to the world."
"If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the tangles of their beliefs."
"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back."
"For a while, my heart was content to love you in silence."
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