Honest criticism and sensible appreciation are directed…

Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.

— T. S. Eliot

Honest criticism is not direct war on the poet but upon the poetry.

— RMKATTA

“A poet is for poetry Not for you and me.”

— Rahman Mostafiz

Who can ever say the perfect thing to the poet about his poetry?

— Alice Munro

I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories to novels.…

— Ben Okri

In this story I am the poet You're the poetry.

— Arzum Uzun

“She lends her pen, to thoughts of him, that flow from it, in her solitary. For she is his poet, And he is her…

— Lang Leav

To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining,…

— John Drinkwater

He who writes poetry is not a poet. He whose poetry has become his life, and who has made his life his poetry -…

— Subramanya Bharathi

“I'm a poet and you are poetry”

— Dylan Anders Porter

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a…

— Edward Dowden

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.

— Franklin P Jones

Some critics have been very harsh. That's okay. I like honest criticism.

— Nargis Fakhri

The concept of loyalty is distorted when it is understood to mean blind acceptance. It is correctly interpreted when it is assumed to cover…

— Dag Hammarskjold

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

— Rachel Cusk