Firsts Quote by Denis Johnson

The terrible poetry of human nudity, I understand it at last, I who tremble for the first time in trying to read it with…

— Rachilde

“Is it, then, your opinion Women are putty in your hands? Is this the face to launch upon A thousand one night stands? First,…

— Anonymous

The commitment to working at poetry is important because a poet is a maker, and a poem is a made thing. We have to…

— Edward Hirsch

I think that poetry is important when you are shipwrecked, when the ordinary structures that hold you up are gone.

— Robert Bly

My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out of the…

— Sam Hamill

Maybe poetry's not so important, but ... it makes life worth living.

— Arda Collins

As for the differences between audio and the printed page, the sonic aspects of poetry are important to me. I read my poems aloud…

— Rae Armantrout

Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.

— Dylan Thomas

Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to get laid.

— Mark Forsyth

“I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.”

— Charles Bukowski

Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its…

— Babette Deutsch

It's important for me to play every match the best I can.

— Memphis Depay