Born Quote by Addison Mizner

Poets are born, not made

— American Proverb

“Poets are never unemployed, just unpaid.”

— Kathy Skaggs

“Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on writing!”

— Avijeet Das

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

— Robert Graves

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.

— Robert Graves

Poets like Shakespeare know more about poetry than any $25 an hour man.

— Robert Frost

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.

— William Cowper

“Rare-book people have this in common with poets: they too are born, not made.”

— E. Millicent Sowerby

Poets are not meant to be in competition.

— Howard Jacobson

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.

— Kathleen Raine

People are born with the knack to write poems and songs. I'm not a poet at all.

— Petra Haden