The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination…

“Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover and the…

— Shakespeare William Shakespeare

“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact: One sees more devils than vast hell can hold, That is, the…

— William Shakespeare

“There is always the poet, the lunatic, the lover; there is always the religious man who is a queer mixture of the three.”

— Frederick Buechner

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.  Those who wish to sing always find a song.  At the touch of…

— Plato

Poetry must speak of others, in order to speak for the poet's imagination, in order to speak of itself; it is slowed down by…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

One Power alone makes a Poet: Imagination. The Divine Vision.

— William Blake

A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.

— Vladimir Nabokov

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.

— George Santayana

It was not the purpose of poetry to record anything and everything, to merely describe either the outer world or some subjective mood, but…

— Kathleen Raine

“You are the bloom of a spring, a poet's imagination so true... It's amazing how much more beautiful you look, each time I see…

— Rohit Sharma

“What is the course and drift of your compact?”

— William Shakespeare

A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirm'd by mutual joinder of your hands, Arrested by the holy close of lips, Strength'ned by the…

— William Shakespeare

Love is a spirit all compact of fire.

— William Shakespeare

Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.

— William Shakespeare

... in a history of spiritual rupture, a social compact built on fantasy and collective secrets, poetry becomes more necessary than ever: it keeps…

— Adrienne Rich