I think we got much better poetry when it was all regarded as sinful or subversive, and you had to hide it… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
“If I were to choose between the power of writing a poem and the ecstasy of a poem unwritten, I would choose… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
After you have pumped your brains for thoughts and verses, there is a better poetry hinted in whistling a tune on your… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Poems very seldom consist of poetry and nothing else; and pleasure can be derived also from their other ingredients. I am convinced… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much; Milton , I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
