--- title: "7 People Poet Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 People Poet quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best People Poet sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/maya-angelou-104_apology_i-know-some-people-might-think-it-odd-un_1050864.png" --- > [I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-know-some-people-might-think-it-odd-unworthy-even-for-me-to-have/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/maya-angelou-104_apology_i-know-some-people-might-think-it-odd-un_1050864.png) > [“The following obituary appeared in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph of Sept. 16, 1958: A GREAT POET died last week in Lancieux, France, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-service/the-following-obituary-appeared-in-the-pittsburgh-sun-telegraph-of/) [Robert Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-service/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/robert-service-56131_alaska_the-following-obituary-appeared-in-the-p_1638160.jpg) > [The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity, but until the people themselves apprehend it, nothing can happen ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-poet-or-the-revolutionary-is-there-to-articulate-the-necessity/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/anonymous-1_change-the-world_the-poet-or-the-revolutionary-is-there-t_1674616.jpg) > [If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/if-i-m-the-people-s-poet-then-i-ought-to-be-in-people-s-hands-and-i/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/maya-angelou-104_hands_if-i-m-the-people-s-poet-then-i-ought-to_2047121.png) > [People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayard-taylor/people-can-t-see-that-if-i-had-not-been-a-poet-i-could-never-have-had/) [Bayard Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bayard-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/bayard-taylor-7097_been_people-can-t-see-that-if-i-had-not-been_2195127.jpg) > [“The poet's nature is all searching, creator and nourisher of desire; the poet is like the heart in a people's breast, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-muhammad-iqbal-allama-iqbal/the-poet-s-nature-is-all-searching-creator-and-nourisher-of-desire/) [Sir Muhammad Iqbal Allama Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-muhammad-iqbal-allama-iqbal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/sir-muhammad-iqbal-allama-iqba_nature_the-poet-s-nature-is-all-searching-creat_2822977.jpg) > [The poet is the voice of the people. And when the poet presents certain ideas, two phrases in one poem can alter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/the-poet-is-the-voice-of-the-people-and-when-the-poet-presents/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/650/donovan-5358_generation_the-poet-is-the-voice-of-the-people-and_2977802.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-poet/#itemlist", "name": "People Poet Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. 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