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For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical… — Joseph Brodsky
God is the perfect poet. — Robert Browning
On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets,… — Eric Burdon
If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. — David Carradine
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary… — Michael N. Castle
Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world. — Miguel de Cervantes
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. — Charlie Chaplin
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a… — Lord Chesterfield
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. — John Ciardi
No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there. — Emile M. Cioran
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. — Woody Allen
I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could… — Leonard Cohen
The poet doesn't invent. He listens. — Jean Cocteau
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. — Jean Cocteau
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. — Jean Cocteau
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. — Jean Cocteau
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. — Jean Cocteau
Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity… — Jean Cocteau
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed. — Jean Cocteau
Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently. — Jean Cocteau
Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are… — Leonard Cohen
I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a… — Leonard Cohen
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind. — Lascelles Abercrombie

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