Art Quote by Ada Limon

Poetry is the breath of beauty.

— Leigh Hunt

Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude, it has…

— Brendan Kennelly

The spiritual desire for poetry can be overwhelming, so much do I need it to experience and name my own perilous depths and vast…

— Edward Hirsch

“Poetry comes to me like breathing. I inhale and breathe in the fragrances, flavors, emotions, sentiments, and feelings of people and places and breathe…

— Avijeet Das

Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.

— James Wright

I think all poetry is accessible in a certain sense if you spend enough time with it.

— Matthea Harvey

Poetry is composing for the breath.

— Peter Davison

Poetry can save the world. I'm a real believer in its power of healing and transforming. I wish more people read it ... Poetry…

— Carol Muske-Dukes

I wrote poetry in a secretive way, I think, a secret from myself, I mean. I wrote it because it gave me great pleasure…

— Philip Schultz

I believe in poetry as a way of surviving the emotional chaos, spiritual confusions, and traumatic events that come with being alive.

— Gregory Orr

I feel deep gratitude for the life poetry has allowed me to live. I know the life I could have lived without it. Both…

— Dorianne Laux

I love that people want to know about poetry. It's one of the ways of keeping alive.

— Joan Larkin