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Poet Quotes

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet Picture Quote #1

Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read Picture Quote #1

The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, ‘A civilization is judged only in its decline.’ That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players Picture Quote #1

I’ve worked throughout California as a poet: in colleges, universities, worker camps, migrant education offices, continuation high schools, juvenile halls, prisons, and gifted classrooms Picture Quote #1

In college I studied essays with a poet, and so I think my interpretation of the genre was always going to be a little off-kilter Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I would have written a combat novel if I had just had peacetime military training. I think, in fact, I probably would have remained a poet and just written a short story every now and then Picture Quote #1

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The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious Picture Quote #1

Fate would never permit happiness to a man of such talent-a content poet is a mediocre one, a happy poet is insufferable Picture Quote #1

I was a poet. I had no expectations other than creating a world of art with words that would live on long after I was gone Picture Quote #1

Ted Hughes has been appointed poet laureate to succeed Sir John Betjeman, which is a bit like appointing a grim young crow to replace a cuddly old teddy bear Picture Quote #1

I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children’s author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president Picture Quote #1

Love’ is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like ‘move.’ The alternative is a plague of doves, or a kind of poem in which the poet addresses his adored both as ‘love’ and as ‘guv’ - a perfectly decent solution once, but only once, in a while Picture Quote #1

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I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I just wanted to be a poem Picture Quote #1

At last everything was satisfactorily arranged, and I could not help admiring the setting: these mingled touches betrayed on a small scale the inspiration of a poet, the research of a scientist, the good taste of an artist, the gourmet’s fondness for good food, and the love of flowers, which concealed in their delicate shadows a hint of the love of women Picture Quote #1

Master, Master Poet, Master of our silent desires, The heart of the world quivers with the throbbing of your heart, But it burns not with your song Picture Quote #1

I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn’t until I was about 30 that I got serious about writing prose. While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels; I liked them Picture Quote #1

With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult Picture Quote #1

All babies are incoherent, but they grow up. That is the principle difference between an infant and a poet Picture Quote #1

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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express Picture Quote #1

When you act, you’ve got to be like a poet or a musician. It’s not about evidence before court. It’s not a forensic subject. It’s poetry; it’s a completely different place Picture Quote #1

The poet existed among the cave men; he will exist among men of the atomic age, for he is an inherent part of man. Even religions have been born from the need for poetry, which is a spiritual need, and it is through the grace of poetry that the divine spark lives forever in the human flint Picture Quote #1

I’ve often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics Picture Quote #1

...what else would a poet priest do on an endless night, but write of love? Picture Quote #1

I love John Ashbery. He’s the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he’s given that or not, he is to me Picture Quote #1

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In the long revolt against inherited forms that has by now become the narrative of 20th-century poetry in English, no poet was more flamboyant or more recognizable in his iconoclasm than Cummings Picture Quote #1

As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn’t as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be Picture Quote #1

An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to appreciate this. Then he has a deep sense of grievance . . Picture Quote #1

In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies Picture Quote #1

In truth, every creation of the mind is first of all ‘poetic’ in the proper sense of the word; and inasmuch as there exists an equivalence between the modes of sensibility and intellect, it is the same function that is exercised initially in the enterprises of the poet and the scientist Picture Quote #1

If anything, hearing another poet is a sacred experience I enter, but I can honestly say this does not influence my own work Picture Quote #1

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I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet. (Poet Quotes) Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read. (Poet Quotes) The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, ‘A civilization is judged only in its decline.’ That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players. (Poet Quotes) I’ve worked throughout California as a poet: in colleges, universities, worker camps, migrant education offices, continuation high schools, juvenile halls, prisons, and gifted classrooms. (Poet Quotes) In college I studied essays with a poet, and so I think my interpretation of the genre was always going to be a little off-kilter. (Poet Quotes) I don’t think I would have written a combat novel if I had just had peacetime military training. I think, in fact, I probably would have remained a poet and just written a short story every now and then. (Poet Quotes) The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious. (Poet Quotes) Fate would never permit happiness to a man of such talent-a content poet is a mediocre one, a happy poet is insufferable. (Poet Quotes) I was a poet. I had no expectations other than creating a world of art with words that would live on long after I was gone. (Poet Quotes) Ted Hughes has been appointed poet laureate to succeed Sir John Betjeman, which is a bit like appointing a grim young crow to replace a cuddly old teddy bear. (Poet Quotes) I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children’s author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president. (Poet Quotes) Love’ is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like ‘move.’ The alternative is a plague of doves, or a kind of poem in which the poet addresses his adored both as ‘love’ and as ‘guv’ - a perfectly decent solution once, but only once, in a while. (Poet Quotes) I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I just wanted to be a poem (Poet Quotes) At last everything was satisfactorily arranged, and I could not help admiring the setting: these mingled touches betrayed on a small scale the inspiration of a poet, the research of a scientist, the good taste of an artist, the gourmet’s fondness for good food, and the love of flowers, which concealed in their delicate shadows a hint of the love of women (Poet Quotes) Master, Master Poet, Master of our silent desires, The heart of the world quivers with the throbbing of your heart, But it burns not with your song. (Poet Quotes) I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn’t until I was about 30 that I got serious about writing prose. While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels; I liked them. (Poet Quotes) With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult. (Poet Quotes) All babies are incoherent, but they grow up. That is the principle difference between an infant and a poet. (Poet Quotes) Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express. (Poet Quotes) When you act, you’ve got to be like a poet or a musician. It’s not about evidence before court. It’s not a forensic subject. It’s poetry; it’s a completely different place. (Poet Quotes) The poet existed among the cave men; he will exist among men of the atomic age, for he is an inherent part of man. Even religions have been born from the need for poetry, which is a spiritual need, and it is through the grace of poetry that the divine spark lives forever in the human flint. (Poet Quotes) I’ve often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics. (Poet Quotes) ...what else would a poet priest do on an endless night, but write of love?... (Poet Quotes) I love John Ashbery. He’s the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he’s given that or not, he is to me. (Poet Quotes) In the long revolt against inherited forms that has by now become the narrative of 20th-century poetry in English, no poet was more flamboyant or more recognizable in his iconoclasm than Cummings. (Poet Quotes) As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn’t as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be. (Poet Quotes) An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to appreciate this. Then he has a deep sense of grievance . . . (Poet Quotes) In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies. (Poet Quotes) In truth, every creation of the mind is first of all ‘poetic’ in the proper sense of the word; and inasmuch as there exists an equivalence between the modes of sensibility and intellect, it is the same function that is exercised initially in the enterprises of the poet and the scientist. (Poet Quotes) If anything, hearing another poet is a sacred experience I enter, but I can honestly say this does not influence my own work. (Poet Quotes)

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