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The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial… — A. R. Ammons
Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to… — A. R. Ammons
When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams… — Maya Angelou
I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The… — Maya Angelou
Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. — Jean Anouilh
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are… — Thomas Aquinas
I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing. — Elwyn Brooks White
Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter. — Benjamin Disraeli
In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics… — Aberjhani
Ocean waters..oceans deep..Serious poets never sleep. — Sally-Ann Roberts
Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but in the real world most… — Barbara Holland
Ancient poets and sages have called the earth the mother of all things. They could hardly have chosen a more attractive name, or one that… — Unknown Author
We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast… — Mark Twain
Wherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their birth? No. That… — Edith Wharton
Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the… — Phyllis McGinley
Love has been taken away from the poets, and has been brought within the domain of true science. It may prove to be one of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a… — Salvador Dali
Golf is to me what his Sabine farm was to the poet Horace - a solace and an inspiration. — Ramsay MacDonald
You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I could seize them… — Ludwig van Beethoven
Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence. — Joseph Joubert
Gardening is a luxury occupation: an ornament, not a necessity, of life.... Fortunate gardener, who may preoccupy himself solely with beauty in these difficult and… — Vita Sackville-West
Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel. — Aldo Leopold
Limbs of a dismembered poet. — Horace
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of… — Aldous Huxley
Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening Star. It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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