Cynicism Quote by Edward Dowden

Poetry is a dangerous profession between conflict and resolution, between feeling and thought, between becoming and being, between the ultra-personal and the universal -…

— May Sarton

The interesting thing is that you don't often meet a poet who doesn't have a sense of humour, and some of them do keep…

— Wendy Cope

Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.

— Anonymous

Poetry is a hazardous occupation, very hazardous. There may be bad things in there inside you that maybe you can't handle.

— James Dickey

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is…

— Leonard Cohen

Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

“A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions.  A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it.

— Diane Wakoski

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

To be a poet is to have an appetite for a certain anxiety which, when tasted among the swirling sum of things existent or…

— Rene Char

“A poem is a fictional, verbally inventive moral statement in which it is the author, rather than the printer or word processor, who decides…

— Terry Eagleton

Poetry can cause irreparable harm when misapplied

— Gail Carriger