Artist Quote by Bob Dylan

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

— David Duchovny

The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

— Yehuda Amichai

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.

— Bob Dylan

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

— John Fowles

I cannot say I'm a poet. That's for someone when they take in consideration where they can bestow 'poet' on. I can't do it.…

— Rodney Crowell

I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word.

— Bob Dylan

People are born with the knack to write poems and songs. I'm not a poet at all.

— Petra Haden

I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple…

— Bo Burnham

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

— Misha Collins

If you know much about your work - why you work, how you work, your aims - you are probably not a poet.

— Mary Webb

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

— Robert Graves

I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.

— Muhammad Iqbal