Men Quote by Confucius

Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious.

— Thomas Carlyle

“Poetry is man’s best means of perceiving most profoundly the action and the consequence of his own emotions.”

— John Ciardi

Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.

— Aristotle

“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

True poetry, like the religious prompting itself, springs from the emotional side of a man's complex nature, and is ever in harmony with his…

— Epes Sargent

The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in a man; it cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation…

— John Keats

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all…

— James Russell Lowell

“When power narrows the areas of a man's concerns, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence”

— John F. Kennedy

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

— James Branch Cabell

Poetry is the statement of a relation between a man and the world

— Wallace Stevens

“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

Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.

— Confucius