Oyster Quote by Cecil Day-Lewis

No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?

— Anonymous

“Poetry is music for the human voice. Until you actually speak it or someone speaks it, it has not come into its own.”

— Maya Angelou

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

— Federico Fellini

Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a…

— Carol Ann Duffy

“The most beautiful pearls are not found in oysters, but in enlightened souls.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Poetry may appear to be just words, but it is an extension of our lives. It is the music of life and for us…

— Abdul Milazi

“It was as if I were an oyster and somebody forced a grain of sand into my shell -- a grain of sand that…

— Truman Capote

“A true poet writes from the language and experiences of their own heart, not those of others.”

— Suzy Kassem

“Intelligence is perhaps but a malady,-a beautiful malady; the oyster's pearl.”

— Remy de Gourmont

“Intelligence is perhaps but a malady, -a beautiful malady; the oysters's pearl.”

— Remy de Gourmont

“Poetry is the coronation of literature, and a majestic form of writing.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“Poetry can be a form of restriction. Lock away tragedy inside pretty words. Quantify pieces of infinite love.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller