Art Quote by Alan Bennett

“Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.”

— Leonard Cohen

“If poets have to be in some way criminals, she thinks, nowadays criminals could try being poets.”

— Joseph McElroy

“Poets make the best topographers.”

— W.G. Hoskins

“A poet could kill the dead.”

— Cameron Conaway

“In order to be really good as a librarian, everything counts towards your work, every play you go see, every concert you hear, every…

— Allen Smith

“That's a poet.' 'I thought you said it was a bo-at.' 'Stupid pet! Don't you know what a poet it?' 'Why, a thing to…

— George MacDonald

“Then you are a poet?' she asked, fingering the flyer in her pocket. 'No not at all,' he waved his hand. 'I am merely…

— Karen Tei Yamashita

“Poetry is not the books in the library. Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“She was an ordinary librarian, innocent of any crime, but one day she fell into a giant paint box and has been on the…

— Helen Oyeyemi

“The Librarian liked being best man. You were allowed to kiss bridesmaids, and they weren't allowed to run away.”

— Terry Pratchett

“His work killed the poet Because he called it complete. After it nothing else could be said.”

— Marne L. Kilates

“Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many…

— Oscar Wilde