He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The aim of science is to make difficult things understandable in a simpler way; the aim of poetry is to state simple… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The aim of poetry, it appears, is to fill the mind with lofty thoughts--not to give it joy, but to give it… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The aim of poetry and the poet is finally to be of service, to ply the effort of the individual into the… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love,… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
