A poet is wounded into speech, and he examines these wounds, meticulously, to discover how to heal them. The bad poet harangues… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Drill in exact translation is an excellent way of disposing the mind against that looseness and exaggeration with which the sensationalists have… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
Biggie was to me the guy who was the best at painting the picture and making you visualize something, Pac was the… — Scott Storch Copy Share Image
A fine lady; by which term I wish to express the result of that perfect education in taste and manner, down to… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
“[poems are] crystals deposited after the effervescent contact of the spirit with reality. (cristaux deposes apres l'effervescent contact de l'esprit avec la… — Pierre Reverdy Copy Share Image
Virtue is as little to be acquired by learning as genius; nay, the idea is barren, and is only to be employed… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Don’t be afraid of your struggles, they are making you dangerously strong and wise. They are preparing you for your superpowers. Let… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
The poet's perfect expression is the token of a perfect experience; what he says in the best possible way he has felt… — John Drinkwater Copy Share Image
I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
There were so many Pittsburgh poets in my hallway that if, at that instant, a meteorite had come smashing through my roof,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
