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 6
Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. Virginia Woolf British Author More Virginia Woolf Quotes 4
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 2
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost American Poet More Robert Frost 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
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
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Khalil Gibran Poet More Khalil Gibran Quotes 1
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. Jean Cocteau French Director More Jean Cocteau Quotes 1
Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Poet More Jorge Luis Borges 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
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. Thomas B. Macaulay English Historian More Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes 0
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. Thomas B. Macaulay English Historian More Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes 0
All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you've enjoyed. Norman MacCaig Scottish Poet More Norman MacCaig Quotes 0
And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it. Norman MacCaig Scottish Poet More Norman MacCaig Quotes 0
And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so. Norman MacCaig Scottish Poet More Norman MacCaig Quotes 0