The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it. — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“A true poet writes from the language and experiences of their own heart, not those of others.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The true poet is all the time a visionary and whether with friends or not, as much alone as a man on… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“A true poet is one who can appreciate the disciplines and structures of any and all styles of poetry.” — David J Delaney Copy Share Image
I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
Scientist alone is true poet he gives us the moon he promises the stars he'll make us a new universe if it… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
The true poet, is like a man who's happy anywhere, in endless measure, if he's allowed to look at leaves and grass,… — Jacob Grimm Copy Share Image
Some men are one thing on the surface and another underneath. The true poet shows not just the exterior of his subject,… — Steven Saylor Copy Share Image
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all… — George Sand Copy Share Image
The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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
“To be a poet, I realized, a true poet, was to become the Avatar of humanity incarnate; to accept the mantle of… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Stand still, true poet that you are! I know you; let me try and draw you. Some night you'll fail us: when… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
“To be a poet, I realized, a true poet, was to become the Avatar of humanity incarnate; to accept the mantle of… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“Every mother should be a true artist, who knows how to weave into her child's life images of grace and beauty, the… — Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Copy Share Image
“This is how I recognize an authentic poet: by frequenting him, living a long time in the intimacy of his work, something… — emil cioran Copy Share Image
The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The true historical genius, to our thinking, is that which can see the nobler meaning of events that are near him, as… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“To be a true poet is to become God. I tried to explain this to my friends on Heaven's Gate. 'Piss, shit,'… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Jacob wrote that the true poet 'is like a man who is happy anywhere, in endless measure, if he is allowed to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To be a poet, I realized, a true poet, was to become the Avatar of humanity incarnate; to accept the mantle of… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“England has her Stratford, Scotland has her Alloway, and America, too, has her Dresden. For there, on August 11, 1833, was born… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
“The farm brook ran down from the mountain in a straight line for the fold then swerved to the west to go… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
A true poet is more than just a man who can write a poem with a pen. A true poet writes poetry… — Eric Ludy Copy Share Image
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
“A true poet is one who can appreciate the disciplines and structures of any style of poetry. David J Delaney ©” — David J Delaney Copy Share Image
The true poet is a friendly man. He takes to his arms even cold and inanimate things, and rejoices in his heart. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His… — Salvatore Quasimodo Copy Share Image
“Blake said Milton was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it. I am of the Devil's party and… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
