I was kind of influenced by, for example, the meaning of…

I was kind of influenced by the hip-hop culture.

— Ichiro Suzuki

We're kind of influenced by all the different people we meet.

— Grace Chatto

There is a kind of poetry, bad and good, in evrything, everywhere we look.

— Ali Smith

God's Word does provide life lessons to teach us how to live. And it gives us beautiful poetry that gives voice to our human…

— Jennifer Rothschild

“Poetry gives the greatest pleasure.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Much of the magical effect that poetry gives of rendering everything it touches pellucid comes from the necessity of compression that it imposes. The…

— Laura Riding

Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.

— Anonymous

Poetry gives most pleasure when only generally and not perfectly understood.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?

— Anonymous

By making us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an opportunity to think about ourselves as human beings on this planet and what…

— Rita Dove

Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.

— J. Courtney Sullivan

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

— Mahmoud Darwish

There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind…

— Allen Tate

“I had never thought of haiku, or any kind of poetry for that matter, as a social activity.”

— Abigail Friedman

I think poetry can be a kind of secular way in which people can be led to approach the difficult parts of their life,…

— Kevin Hart