Books Quote by Franz Wright

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

— Jean Anouilh

To cast aside from Poetry, all that is not Inspiration

— William Blake

The poet is he who inspires, rather than he who is inspired.

— Paul Eluard

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

— Anonymous

Inspiration? - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.

— Jean Anouilh

I would come to understand there is no poem separable from its source. I began to see that poems are not just an individual…

— Eavan Boland

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.

— Stephane Mallarme

It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing.

— John Braine

Inspiration comes from the act of writing.

— Steve Doll

It is interesting to note that poetry, a literary device whose very construct involves the use of words, is itself the word of choice…

— Vanna Bonta

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of messages.”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel.

— Kathleen Rooney