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
Absolute is a game with only one player where Absolute forgets itself so it would have a reason to fulfill the motion… — Dejan Stojanovic 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
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
“When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“Don’t let the bad times get you down, You have some of those moments where life tells you, it’s time to cry.… — Tiffany McDaniel, On the Savage Side Copy Share Image
Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition. — Eli Khamarov Copy Share Image
There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
I am a romantic, in a literary way, by which I mean the Romantic poets, who thought just because a sensation is… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
The way a great poet takes an idea, small like the bud of a flower and makes it bloom. And makes you… — Melody Minagar Copy Share Image
“The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I don't know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot… — Robert Adamson Copy Share Image
For purposes of marketing, writers are designated as poets, novelists, or something else. But writing is about matchmaking, an attempt to marry… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I'm very conscious that people dear to me are alive in my imagination - poets in particular. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“In the case of Michel Angelo we have an artist who with brush and chisel portrayed literally thousands of human forms; but… — Edward Carpenter Copy Share Image
“Burning the witch Giordano Bruno is one more wound inflicted on Christ’s body.” — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
When it comes to writers and poets, for me it's Vinicius de Moraes. He's one of the greatest lyricists ever. — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
“..i spill into the kind of silence only Khalil Gibran would understand.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
Many performance poets seem to believe that yelling a poem makes it comprehensible. They are wrong. — Marilyn Nelson Copy Share Image
