Sad is his lot, who, once at least in his life, has not been a poet. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
“we might as well live life as if -as the poet Rumi put it-everything is rigged in our favor” — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Let my life as Poet begin. I want the life of the Poet. I have labored for over twelve years, one thousand… — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
Here's one more from my limited experience with all 3 fields: A writer creates life; a poet creates magic from life; a… — Siddharth Katragadda Copy Share Image
The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human life, the poet's to invent what is… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Life as a poet and actor truly became full circle as I stood on stage as host of 'Verses & Flow' and… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
For some odd reason, the expression 'death of a poet' always sounds somewhat more concrete than 'life of a poet.' — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
There is a purpose to our lives, even if it is sometimes hidden from us, and even if the biggest turning points… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“I believe in being a poet in all moments of life. Being a poet means being human. I know some poets whose… — Forough Farrokhzad Copy Share Image
“We muddle along, we let life happen to us, we gradually build up a store of memories. There is the question of… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
The philosophic mind inclines always to an elaborate life--the life of Goethe or of Leonardo da Vinci; but the life of the… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Lehman uses many conveyances—including the prose poem, the sestina, and curt rhymes—to travel across the writing life of a poet whose instinctive… — Ken Tucker Copy Share Image
“I told you in the course of this paper that Shakespeare had a sister; but do not look for her in Sir… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
