Poet Can Write Quotes

3 quotes by 3 authors

• A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb. — Wystan Hugh Auden
• None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry. — Edith Hamilton
• A hundred cabinet-makers in London can work a table or a chair equally well; but noone poet can write verses with such spirit and elegance… — David Hume

Who Wrote These Poet Can Write Quotes

3 authors contributed a total of 3 Poet Can Write Quotes as follows:

• 1 Poet Can Write Quote by Wystan Hugh Auden
• 1 Poet Can Write Quote by Edith Hamilton
• 1 Poet Can Write Quote by David Hume