Beauty Quote by Dean Young

Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the cat.

— Osbert Sitwell

Poetry is easier to learn than prose. Once you have learned it you can use it as a light and a laser. It shows…

— Jeanette Winterson

For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot…

— Thomas M. Disch

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to…

— Carl Sandburg

I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and…

— Alice Walker

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

— Joseph Joubert

Writing poetry is a process of discovery...you can smell the poem before you see it…Like some animal.

— Denise Levertov

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

— Joseph Joubert

Poetry is when you talk to yourself.

— William Hughes Mearns

Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.

— Karl Shapiro

Poetry is a language for when you can't quite write prose about something, you can't quite say it, but if you do a poem,…

— Sakyong Mipham

You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters…

— Vikram Seth