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As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will… — Oscar Wilde
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. — Horace
Artist by nature, actor by instinct, poet by accident, and vagabond by choice. — Don Blanding
He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems;… — John Fowles
Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets...seek to express the universe in terms of music. The singer has everything within him. The… — Rabindranath Tagore
My best songs were written very quickly. Just about as much time as it takes to write it down is about as long as it… — Bob Dylan
I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire. — Charles Olson
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. — John Dryden
War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the… — Mark Twain
The poet is a master of language, the schizophrenic is a slave to it. — Hilde Bruch
The kind of poetry to avoid in the pretty-pretty kind that pleased our grandmothers, the kind that Longfellow and Tennyson, good poets at their best,… — Clifton Fadiman
Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great thinkers who will share with you… — Neil Armstrong
It means abandoning being a poet, abandoning your careerism, abandoning even the idea of writing any poetry, really abandoning, giving up as hopeless - abandoning… — Allen Ginsberg
Mab Jones' poetry is suffused with a cool wit and a wisdom beyond her years. She is a superb performance poet in the tradition of… — Unknown Author
Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are on our side!… — Howard Zinn
What I might do is watch Mrs Doubtfire. Or Dead Poets Society or Good Will Hunting and I might be nice to people, mindful today… — Russell Brand
Poets, come out of your closets, Open your windows, open your doors, You have been holed up too long in your closed worlds... Poetry should… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Eyeing the traffic circulating the lobby hung with bad art. Big invasive stuff unloaded on Stanley Bard in exchange for rent. The hotel is an… — Patti Smith
Our most emotionally active life is lived in our dreams, and our cells renew themselves most industriously in sleep. We reach highest in meditation, and… — Leonard Bernstein
If I knew what I was doing, I'd be doing it right now. I would be the best damn poet, silver words out of my… — Keith Urban
I warmly recommend to you the films of poets. — Francois Truffaut
A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many… — Amber Tamblyn
In 1967, the students at San Francisco State invited the poet Amiri Baraka to the campus for a semester. He attracted other influential black writers… — Danny Glover
Hills tell old stories. Cliffs are poets with harps — George MacKay
As an architect you are a builder. You are of course more than a builder. You need to be a militant, you have to be… — Renzo Piano

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