--- title: "7 Poets Great Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Poets Great quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Poets Great sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/gza-3767_always_hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-g_94171.png" --- > [Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-great-lyrical-skills-and-that/) [Gza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/gza-3767_always_hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-g_94171.png) > [“Let me let you in on a little secret, a profound truth passed down from the drunken poets and the great gamblers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lokesh-tuli/let-me-let-you-in-on-a-little-secret-a-profound-truth-passed-down/) [Lokesh Tuli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lokesh-tuli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/lokesh-tuli-31414_authenticity_let-me-let-you-in-on-a-little-secret-a-p_1244753.jpg) > [To have great poets, there must be great audiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/to-have-great-poets-there-must-be-great-audiences/) [Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/walt-whitman-265_audiences_to-have-great-poets-there-must-be-great_2037870.png) > [Now, I do say, "It's possible. You might be the first. I'm not saying it's impossible, but the odds are very much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/now-i-do-say-it-s-possible-you-might-be-the-first-i-m-not-saying-it-s/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/edward-hirsch-1614_books_now-i-do-say-it-s-possible-you-might-be_2161322.png) > [Great poets are great copy editors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dejan-stojanovic/great-poets-are-great-copy-editors/) [Dejan Stojanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dejan-stojanovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/dejan-stojanovic-559_copy-editors_great-poets-are-great-copy-editors-24805_2480570.jpg) > [We're certainly not perfect, and we're not probably even better than anybody else, except that perhaps we are given to certain kinds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hamill/we-re-certainly-not-perfect-and-we-re-not-probably-even-better-than/) [Sam Hamill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hamill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/sam-hamill-16399_balance_we-re-certainly-not-perfect-and-we-re-no_2679768.jpg) > [If the United States haven't grown poets, on any scale of grandeur, it is certain that they import, print, and read more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/if-the-united-states-haven-t-grown-poets-on-any-scale-of-grandeur-it/) [Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/walt-whitman-265_audience_if-the-united-states-haven-t-grown-poets_2939495.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poets-great/#itemlist", "name": "Poets Great Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-great-lyrical-skills-and-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/gza-3767_always_hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-g_94171.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/gza-3767_always_hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-g_94171.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/gza-3767_always_hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-g_94171.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about…” — Gza", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Let me let you in on a little secret, a profound truth passed down from the drunken poets and the great gamblers who built the very concept of romance: the whole point of life is chalance.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lokesh Tuli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lokesh-tuli/let-me-let-you-in-on-a-little-secret-a-profound-truth-passed-down/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/lokesh-tuli-31414_authenticity_let-me-let-you-in-on-a-little-secret-a-p_1244753.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/lokesh-tuli-31414_authenticity_let-me-let-you-in-on-a-little-secret-a-p_1244753.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/lokesh-tuli-31414_authenticity_let-me-let-you-in-on-a-little-secret-a-p_1244753.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let me let you in on a little secret, a profound truth passed down from the drunken poets and the great…” — Lokesh Tuli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To have great poets, there must be great audiences.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walt Whitman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/to-have-great-poets-there-must-be-great-audiences/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/walt-whitman-265_audiences_to-have-great-poets-there-must-be-great_2037870.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/walt-whitman-265_audiences_to-have-great-poets-there-must-be-great_2037870.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/walt-whitman-265_audiences_to-have-great-poets-there-must-be-great_2037870.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To have great poets, there must be great audiences.” — Walt Whitman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Now, I do say, \"It's possible. 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