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Poets Quotes

I passed (methought) the melancholy flood, with that sour ferryman which poets write of, unto the kingdom of perpetual night Picture Quote #1

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market Picture Quote #1

Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference Picture Quote #1

The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists Picture Quote #1

At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps it's chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets Picture Quote #1

Poets, you know, are always ahead of science; all the great discoveries of science have been stated before in poetry Picture Quote #1

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We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks Picture Quote #1

Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived. Poems on the underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos Picture Quote #1

A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating Picture Quote #1

Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets Picture Quote #1

There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry Picture Quote #1

Artists - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life Picture Quote #1

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There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love Picture Quote #1

Poets should be law givers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil code, and the day's work Picture Quote #1

Poetry: Not til poets among us can be 'literalists of imagination' - above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them,' shall we have it Picture Quote #1

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end Picture Quote #1

Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing Picture Quote #1

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

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There have been many most excellent poets that never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets Picture Quote #1

I worked privately, and sometimes I feel that might be better for poets than the kind of social workshop gathering. My school was the great poets: I read, and I read, and I read Picture Quote #1

The great religions are the ships, poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard Picture Quote #1

Philosophy … is a threat to all the beliefs that tie the city together and unite the other high types - priests, poets and statesmen - against philosophy Picture Quote #1

There have been many most excellent poets that have never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets Picture Quote #1

I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets Picture Quote #1

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I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets Picture Quote #1

If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help Picture Quote #1

Many poets... Write as if they had been decerebrated, and not simply lobotomized, as a cure for their melancholia Picture Quote #1

Three things, according to poets, are considered bliss in Iceland: hot rye cakes, plump girls, and cold buttermilk Picture Quote #1

Children can write poetry and then, unless they’re poets, they stop when reach puberty Picture Quote #1

I always liked the magic of poetry but now I’m just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they’ve used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there Picture Quote #1

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I passed (methought) the melancholy flood, with that sour ferryman which poets write of, unto the kingdom of perpetual night (Poets Quotes) Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market (Poets Quotes) Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference (Poets Quotes) The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists (Poets Quotes) At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps it's chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets (Poets Quotes) Poets, you know, are always ahead of science; all the great discoveries of science have been stated before in poetry (Poets Quotes) We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks (Poets Quotes) Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived. Poems on the underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos (Poets Quotes) A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating (Poets Quotes) Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets (Poets Quotes) There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry (Poets Quotes) Artists - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life (Poets Quotes) There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love (Poets Quotes) Poets should be law givers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil code, and the day's work (Poets Quotes) Poetry: Not til poets among us can be 'literalists of imagination' - above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them,' shall we have it (Poets Quotes) The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end (Poets Quotes) Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing (Poets Quotes) The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in it's decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players (Poets Quotes) There have been many most excellent poets that never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets (Poets Quotes) I worked privately, and sometimes I feel that might be better for poets than the kind of social workshop gathering. My school was the great poets: I read, and I read, and I read (Poets Quotes) The great religions are the ships, poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard (Poets Quotes) Philosophy … is a threat to all the beliefs that tie the city together and unite the other high types - priests, poets and statesmen - against philosophy (Poets Quotes) There have been many most excellent poets that have never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets (Poets Quotes) I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets (Poets Quotes) I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets (Poets Quotes) If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help (Poets Quotes) Many poets... Write as if they had been decerebrated, and not simply lobotomized, as a cure for their melancholia (Poets Quotes) Three things, according to poets, are considered bliss in Iceland: hot rye cakes, plump girls, and cold buttermilk (Poets Quotes) Children can write poetry and then, unless they’re poets, they stop when reach puberty (Poets Quotes) I always liked the magic of poetry but now I’m just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they’ve used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there (Poets Quotes)

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