Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding…

For next to being a great poet is the power of understanding one.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“In the beginning was the word, and primitive societies venerated poets second only to their leaders. A poet had the power to name and…

— Kevin Crossley-Holland

The way a great poet takes an idea, small like the bud of a flower and makes it bloom. And makes you feel deeply..

— Melody Minagar

But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.

— Amelia Barr

“Poet has no power over the muse, It's the muse who powers the poet. Best of poetry is an act of selfless care, As…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Poet has no power over the muse, it's the muse who powers the poet.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Power with understanding is very good, but power without understanding is very dangerous

— Tariq Ramadan

There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own

— Kobe Bryant

I hope somewhere to break down what seems to be a kind of robotic communication between those in power and those who are understanding…

— Emily Maitlis

Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom!

— Takeda Shingen

There is often grace in silence. But there is always power in understanding.

— Michele Norris

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are. A great poet, a really great poet,…

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Oscar Wilde

“I watched him, sardonic, cynical. A great poet, truly, yet unkind. The gifts of our nature seem not to modify the manner of our…

— Jeanette Winterson