A good poem has its own life. It's like bringing a child into the world. You, the poet, birthed the child, but… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Poetry is the art of overhearing ourselves say things from which it is impossible to retreat. — David Whyte Copy Share Image
The workplace needs the poet's gift. But the poet also needs to be educated about the workplace. You're not just coming in… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
“In some ways Coleridge committed a form of artistic suicide attempting to solve the complicated mystery he saw in the flocking starlings.… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
The art form has to do with the mystery and the hidden invitation that's in the room. And that's when the magic… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
To give generously but appropriately and then, most difficult of all, and as the full apotheosis of the art, with feeling, in… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Art is the act of triggering deep memories, of what it means to be fully human. — David Whyte Copy Share Image
“The poet lives and writes at the frontier between deep internal experience and the revelations of the outer world. There is no going back… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
I returned to poetry as a more precise way to describe the world, more precise than science. — David Whyte Copy Share Image
What if the world is holding its breath - waiting for you to take the place that only you can fill? — David Whyte Copy Share Image
“It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with, it is the mother of the thing you fear. The very thing… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Heartbreak is our indication of sincerity: in a love relationship, in a work, in trying to learn a musical instrument, in the attempt to… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
The frail, vulnerable sounds of which we are capable seem to be essential to a later ability to roar like a lion without scaring… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
A good poem has its own life. It's like bringing a child into the world. You, the poet, birthed the child, but the child… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
“Work, like marriage, is a place you can lose yourself more easily perhaps than finding yourself. It is a place full of powerful undercurrents,… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
The moment you’ve uttered the exact dimensionality of your exile, you’re already turning towards home. — David Whyte Copy Share Image
“...wanting soul life without the dark, warming intelligence of personal doubt is like expecting an egg without the brooding heat of the mother hen.” — David Whyte Copy Share Image
It's my contention that there is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart...so it can be a… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
