Love Quote by E.T.A. Hoffmann

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes…

— Plato

“For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and…

— Socrates

for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and is beside…

— Plato

“The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is…

— Plato

“The poet is a shaman of words & sounds, praying linguistically over each while blessing the poetic whole.”

— the mag man

“But is this not what poetry must do? To say the nothing that cannot be said?”

— John Crowley

“Poetry wasn't written to be analysed: it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.”

— Nicholas Sparks

“His is a poetry devoid of any poetry.”

— Pietros Maneos

“Poetry is not communication with angels or with the "subconscious." It is communication with the guts, genitals, and five portals of sense. Nothing more.”

— Thomas Pynchon

“The nature of poems Is a matter of words and deeds An intimate encounter of voice In the ache of the heart In the…

— Kendall Dana Lockerman

“This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace,…

— Octavio Paz