My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to…

Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious.

— Thomas Carlyle

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry…

— David Whyte

Poetry being an attempt to express, not the common sense, - as the avoirdupois of the hero, or his structure in feet and inches,…

— Marsilio Ficino

Sometimes my poetry is an attempt to keep off existential terror; sometimes it is a grappling with philosophical problems; sometimes just fun.

— Gwen Harwood

I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed…

— Walter O'Brien

I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old teacher who…

— Robert Winston

Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

— Confucius

A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day's teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh.

— Gilbert Highet

For sure, and we haven't found it yet. I understand why we have come to a time and place where we cannot touch the…

— Philippe Falardeau

A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave this Nobel…

— Jim Jarmusch

My definition of poetry (if I were forced to give one) would be this: words that have become deeds.

— Robert Frost

“Poetry ~~ No definition of poetry is adequate unless it be poetry itself. The most accurate analysis by the rarest wisdom is yet insufficient,…

— Henry Daid Thoreau Journal 26 Jan 1840

“Prayer is that which conveys a message to God, who is either known or knowing, more or less by definition. Poetry is that which…

— G.C. Waldrep

No definition of poetry is adequate unless it be poetry itself. The most accurate analysis by the rarest wisdom is yet insufficient, and the…

— Henry David Thoreau