“In the 404 verses in Revelation, there are about 278 allusions to the Old Testament.” — Mark Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“No reprimand in the mirror Slow walk to Liberia Slow dance across the Sahara Slow unraveling of gray matter” — Mellon Black Copy Share Image
“We each bring our own unique beauty to the world, and how blessed we are to have the freedom to find that… — Heather K. O'Hara Copy Share Image
Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
I know when I go to a poetry reading, I feel purged, exulted. You let the poet guide you through some kind… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I don't claim to be someone that knows every verse in the Bible. I wish I did. I truly do. It just… — Elisabeth Hasselbeck Copy Share Image
“The last madness I’ll probably persist in is to believe myself a poet: it will be up to the critics to cure… — Gérard de Nerval Copy Share Image
Indians have a huge misconception when it comes to rap. It isn't just about heavy beats; it is about poetry. — Badshah Copy Share Image
“Mathematicians still don’t understand the ball our hands made, or how your electrocuted grandparents made it possible for you to light my… — Jeffrey McDaniel Copy Share Image
“Poetry ~~ No definition of poetry is adequate unless it be poetry itself. The most accurate analysis by the rarest wisdom is… — Henry Daid Thoreau Journal 26 Jan 1840 Copy Share Image
I didn't know how to weigh ideas about poetry. Nothing in the life I lived as a student - and later as… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
“I've tried to keep pleasant," Mabel went on. "You don't know how I've tried. I have that verse pinned up on my… — Bess Streeter Aldrich Copy Share Image
I think that when you're writing plays, and I think it's also true with novels, it helps to have an ear for… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
One does not read a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks with hopes that it will grant him a career in engineering; he does… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
Poisinet's verses are like spoiled children - loved only by their father. — Sophie Arnould Copy Share Image
“[Poetry] is a field where England can take on all challengers.” — Patrick Leigh Fermor Copy Share Image
“Wine is like poetry. If it's good wine. If it's not, then it's a tragedy.” — Renée Carlino Copy Share Image
Multitude, solitude: equal and interchangeable terms for the active and prolific poet. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“I choose solitude over cold kisses. If it isn't love, it is poison.” — Anita Krizzan Copy Share Image
Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses. — Vicente Aleixandre Copy Share Image
Poetry is a naked woman, a naked man, and the distance between them. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
All the poet can do today is warn. That is why true Poets must be truthful. — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image