Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry. Gustave Flaubert French Novelist More Gustave Flaubert Quotes 10
Personality is everything in art and poetry. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German Poet More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes 6
A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman. Wallace Stevens American Poet More Wallace Stevens Quotes 5
Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. Virginia Woolf British Author More Virginia Woolf Quotes 4
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. W. H. Auden English Poet More W. H. Auden Quotes 1
Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. Amy Clampitt American Poet More Amy Clampitt Quotes 1
My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time. Herschel Walker American Athlete More Herschel Walker Quotes 1
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. A. R. Ammons American Poet More A. R. Ammons Quotes 1
What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and getting us to draw and paint and learn poetry. Laurie Lee English Poet More Laurie Lee Quotes 1
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. Jean Cocteau French Director More Jean Cocteau Quotes 1
I have written some songs, but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day, because I'll sit with my guitar for hours and hours on end for, like, a week and then I won't touch it for a month. I also just have no confidence. And you know what? I don't have time, because I'd rather be doing other things, like knitting. Amanda Seyfried American Actress More Amanda Seyfried Quotes 1
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Don Marquis American Poet More Don Marquis Quotes 1
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Khalil Gibran Poet More Khalil Gibran Quotes 1
I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry. Shelby Foote American Author More Shelby Foote Quotes 0
I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose. Shelby Foote American Author More Shelby Foote Quotes 0
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. E. M. Forster English Novelist More E. M. Forster Quotes 0
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. John Fowles English Novelist More John Fowles Quotes 0
The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch. E. M. Forster English Novelist More E. M. Forster Quotes 0
I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator. Allen Ginsberg American Poet More Allen Ginsberg Quotes 0
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does. Allen Ginsberg American Poet More Allen Ginsberg Quotes 0