Broken Quote by Anne Lamott

Poetry is the break (or rather the meeting at the breaking point) between the visible and the invisible.

— Jean Genet

Poetry is what makes the invisible appear.

— Nathalie Sarraute

For me, the poetry in a work is that which makes visible the invisible.

— Nathalie Sarraute

“Poetry survives because it haunts and it haunts because it is simultaneously utterly clear and deeply mysterious; because it cannot be entirely accounted for,…

— Louise Glück

A lot happens by accident in poetry.

— Howard Nemerov

We may feel bitterly how little our poems can do in the face of seemingly out-of-control technological power and seemingly limitless corporate greed, yet…

— Adrienne Rich

I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can…

— Laura Dern

Every authentic poem contributes to the labor of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart... Poetry can repair…

— John Berger

“We may feel bitterly how little our poems can do in the face of seemingly out of control technological power and seemingly limitless corporate…

— Adrienne Rich

Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome.

— Adrienne Rich

Sometimes only poetry can say it. I think there's just this deeper language, and away of putting your world back together again and breaking…

— Laura Nyro

“There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken. There is a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow…

— Bri Maya Tiwari