The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The logic of the poet - that is, the logic of language or the experience itself - develops the way a living… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Pure draughtsmen are philosophers and dialecticians. Colourists are epic poets. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
As a reader I don't distinguish between confessional and non-confessional work. After all, how do we even know that certain "I" poems… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
I am honoured to have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of my esteemed colleague and fellow poet Mr. Dennis Lee,… — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to express some of the most profound teachings of interdependence and emptiness I've ever heard. With… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
A starry sky is equally interesting to a scientist, a mystic, an ethics scholar, and a poet. Looking at the stars, each… — Alija Izetbegovic Copy Share Image
I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I've always read poetry; I've always had a… — Lorde Copy Share Image
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I believe that Jesus was both priest and poet. Imagine those powerful parables! My experience as a priest tells me it's not… — Uwem Akpan Copy Share Image
I have committed many sins in my life. This precise sin-the sin against poets-is without absolution. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
Edgar Allan Poe, I think he's a brilliant poet. I was actually given a copy of his work when I was, like,… — Dove Cameron Copy Share Image
On every full moon, rituals ... take place on hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers, teachers, nurses, computer… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
but as God said, crossing his legs, I see where I have made plenty of poets but not so very much poetry. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The first thing that strikes you about Timothy Murphys verse is the palpable texture of his line - that sound of sense… — Michael Donaghy Copy Share Image
What is an "I", and why are such things found (at least so far) only in association with, as poet Russell Edson… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Poetry must speak of others, in order to speak for the poet's imagination, in order to speak of itself; it is slowed… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
I'm a struggling poet. I've never shown my work to anyone. I write it all for myself and I'm not interested in… — Kunal Kapoor Copy Share Image
It should be emphasized that the balagtasan also served a higher social and political function. More than mere entertainment, it enhanced the… — Virgilio S. Almario Copy Share Image
Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets...seek to express the universe in terms of music. The singer has everything… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Much of a poet's experience takes place in imagination only; the life he tells is oftenest the life that he strongly desires… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
“I have often noticed that these things, which obsess me, neither bother nor impress other people even slightly. I am horribly apt… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
