Necessary Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

I do not think [poetry] is more, or less, necessary than food, shelter, health, education, decent working conditions. It is as necessary.

— Adrienne Rich

Poetry [is] more necessary than ever as a fire to light our tongues.

— Naomi Shihab Nye

Poetry is as necessary to comprehension as science. It is as impossible to live without reverence as it is without joy.

— Henry Beston

... in a history of spiritual rupture, a social compact built on fantasy and collective secrets, poetry becomes more necessary than ever: it keeps…

— Adrienne Rich

From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.

— Natasha Trethewey

In a lethal world, poetry is necessary for survival.

— Mary Caroline Richards

“What would the human soul be without poetry?”

— Parker Bilal

“Because I didn't want to forget was the heart and soul of poetry.”

— André Aciman

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

— Denis Diderot

Have a sense of piety ever on your mind, and be ever mindful that this is subject to no change, but will last you…

— James Boswell

Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention.

— Mark Strand

Poetry is necessary, but is the poet?

— Carlos Drummond de Andrade