Attention Quote by Anonymous

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

— Henry David Thoreau

No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. For poetry is the blossom and the…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.

— George Henry Lewes

It's a man's sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.

— Thomas Carlyle

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

All great poets have been men of great knowledge.

— William C. Bryant

I am very willing to admit that I have some poetical abilities, and as few - if any - writers, either moral or political,…

— Robert Burns

“A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his…

— Mark Forsyth

For next to being a great poet is the power of understanding one.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He that works and does some Poem, not he that merely says one, is worthy of the name of Poet.

— Thomas Carlyle

“ Q: As a poet what distinguishes you, do you think, from an ordinary man? A: Only the use of the medium of poetry…

— Dylan Thomas

No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet.

— Katherine Anne Porter