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Poets Quotes

Why can’t poets just say what they want to say and then shut up? Picture Quote #1

Isn’t it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets? Picture Quote #1

When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring Picture Quote #1

Walking by yourself in the rain is for college kids who think loneliness makes poets Picture Quote #1

The poets are in the vanguard of a changed conception of Being Picture Quote #1

The American public does not know poets exist Picture Quote #1

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Poets are band leaders who have failed Picture Quote #1

I knew that poets seemed to be miserable Picture Quote #1

Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek Picture Quote #1

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance Picture Quote #1

We are born poets. we become orators Picture Quote #1

Good-bye to the lies of the poets. [Lat., Valeant mendacia vatum.] Picture Quote #1

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Poets by Death are conquer’d but the wit Of poets triumphs over it Picture Quote #1

One of my all-time favourite poets is Charles Bukowski. I think he's the coolest guy in the world Picture Quote #1

The rationalist mind has always had its doubts about Venice. The watery city receives a dry inspection, as though it were a myth for the credulous - poets and honeymooners Picture Quote #1

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder Picture Quote #1

The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, of being only four years old Picture Quote #1

The poet's job is not to tell you what happened, but what happens: not what did take place, but the kind of thing that always takes place Picture Quote #1

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Nay, the greatest wits and poets, too, cease to live; homer, their prince, sleeps now in the same forgotten sleep as do the others Picture Quote #1

Nine-tenths of english poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand in. Most poets are dead by their late twenties Picture Quote #1

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time Picture Quote #1

Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science Picture Quote #1

Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die Picture Quote #1

The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human life, the poet's to invent what is nonexistent Picture Quote #1

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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same Picture Quote #1

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius Picture Quote #1

I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say Picture Quote #1

What liars poets and everybody were! They made one think one wanted sentiment. When what one supremely wanted was this piercing, consuming, rather awful sensuality Picture Quote #1

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one Picture Quote #1

The great leaders of business, industry, finance, and the great artists, musicians, poets, and writers became great, because they developed the faculty of creative imagination Picture Quote #1

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Why can’t poets just say what they want to say and then shut up? (Poets Quotes) Isn’t it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets? (Poets Quotes) When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring (Poets Quotes) Walking by yourself in the rain is for college kids who think loneliness makes poets (Poets Quotes) The poets are in the vanguard of a changed conception of Being (Poets Quotes) The American public does not know poets exist (Poets Quotes) Poets are band leaders who have failed (Poets Quotes) I knew that poets seemed to be miserable (Poets Quotes) Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek (Poets Quotes) Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance (Poets Quotes) We are born poets. we become orators (Poets Quotes) Good-bye to the lies of the poets. [Lat., Valeant mendacia vatum.] (Poets Quotes) Poets by Death are conquer’d but the wit Of poets triumphs over it (Poets Quotes) One of my all-time favourite poets is Charles Bukowski. I think he's the coolest guy in the world (Poets Quotes) The rationalist mind has always had its doubts about Venice. The watery city receives a dry inspection, as though it were a myth for the credulous - poets and honeymooners (Poets Quotes) Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder (Poets Quotes) The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, of being only four years old (Poets Quotes) The poet's job is not to tell you what happened, but what happens: not what did take place, but the kind of thing that always takes place (Poets Quotes) Nay, the greatest wits and poets, too, cease to live; homer, their prince, sleeps now in the same forgotten sleep as do the others (Poets Quotes) Nine-tenths of english poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand in. Most poets are dead by their late twenties (Poets Quotes) Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time (Poets Quotes) Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science (Poets Quotes) Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die (Poets Quotes) The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human life, the poet's to invent what is nonexistent (Poets Quotes) Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same (Poets Quotes) Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius (Poets Quotes) I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say (Poets Quotes) What liars poets and everybody were! They made one think one wanted sentiment. When what one supremely wanted was this piercing, consuming, rather awful sensuality (Poets Quotes) Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one (Poets Quotes) The great leaders of business, industry, finance, and the great artists, musicians, poets, and writers became great, because they developed the faculty of creative imagination (Poets Quotes)

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