Ancient Quote by David Antin

Memory in Greek mythology is the mother of the muses, and it is so for me. Both personal and societal memory move me strongly,…

— Marge Piercy

Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.

— Peter Davison

I think there's probably always been visions and voices, and these were variously ascribed to the divine or demonic or the muses. I think…

— Oliver Sacks

Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began, as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth. Also,…

— Mary Oliver

“The question is: Why have these poems and prayers endured? Why, thousands of years later, do we still have them? And the answer you'll…

— Rob Bell

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

— Jorge Luis Borges

Poetry is the memory of language

— Jacques Roubaud

I believe poetry has very little to do with memory.

— Nick Flynn

We must always remember, however,' said Psmith gravely, 'that poets are also God's creatures.

— Anonymous

“For those who do not write and who never have been stirred by the creative urge, talk of muses seems a figure of speech,…

— Dan Simmons

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

— Peter Davison

“The muse of memories past inspires smiles on many a sad faces, tears on many a dry cheek, and warmth of love inside so…

— Cody Edward Lee Miller