Art Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

“You may be a poet and not even know it.”

— M.L. Shanahan

“On the contrary I am not a poet, I am just a writer who happens to write poetry.”

— Kenneth G. Ortiz

“If you can not be a poet, be the poem.”

— David Carradine

“Poetry is so unique and it doesn't compromise.”

— Euginia Herlihy

“People are surprisingly poetic. Especially when they’re not trying to be.”

— Lewis Morris

“He wasn't a poet, not everyone is.”

— Guy Gavriel Kay

“A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence because he has no identity-he is continually infirming and filling some other body.”

— John Keats

“Good or bad, positive or negative, there is no comment more insulting to a poet than one displaying that you have not properly read…

— Jasper Sole

“I think poor poetry writing skills are excused when you’re simply trying to flush out emotions.”

— Katie Kiesler

“A poet in my mind, needs to make a difference or his words don’t mean a damn thing.”

— José Gouveia

“Poetry is not an art, it's a symptom.”

— Michele Brenton

“She's an irritating, opinionated woman, a type Buddy can't stand. I don't think he could see her for what she is. A person, deprived,…

— J.D. Salinger