Poetry Quote by Anthony Trollope

I envy poets because nobody ever asks them if it's true or false.

— Hilton Als

“Poetry provides a vehicle that takes me to places that logic won't go. It is a way of understanding the incomprehensible.”

— John A. Vanek

“There are many things you can lie your way through; poetry is not one of them.”

— Nicole Lyons

“I cannot speak truth without poetry, because truth is beauty.”

— Bryant McGill

“Remember, words are the enemy of poetry.”

— Russell Edson

“It's the strangest thing about poetry: you can tell it's poetry, even if you don't speak the language.”

— Neil Gaiman

“I do not write poetry; I take words and dip them in feelings.”

— Arti Honrao

“It is always difficult for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend, but because their…

— Randall Jarell

“Listen, for poets are feigned to lie, and I For you a liar am a thousand times . . . .”

— John Berryman

“Poets only write the truth.”

— Shannon Lynette

“I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.”

— Charles Bukowski

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.

— Jules Verne