Advantage Quote by Eugenio Montale

In our period, they say there is free speech. They say there is no penalty for poets, There is no penalty for writing poems.…

— Muriel Rukeyser

Today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets from society because we refuse to admit to ourselves that there is any…

— Pablo Picasso

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom.…

— Peter Davison

“(I also occasionally write poems, after first explaining carefully to the audience and myself that I am not a poet and this is not…

— T. Kingfisher

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

— Nathalie Sarraute

Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some…

— Anonymous

True poetry ought to be secret and clandestine, concealed like a prohibited voice of dissent, while at the same time it should speak to…

— Claudio Magris

People in power tend to find poetry dangerous to them because it is dislocating, they can't catch it, can't control it. They prefer coherence,…

— Elia Suleiman

Poetry is a break for freedom.

— David Whyte

The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.

— Anonymous

I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries.

— Katy Lederer

Poets should speak out against what we see as the assault against our Constitution and the warmongering that's going on. I'm perfectly willing to…

— Sam Hamill