Doe Quote by Gary Snyder

“What is the motive for this ‘fugitive’ way of saying “I”? It is motivated by Dasein’s falling; for as falling, it *flees* in the…

— Martin Heidegger

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the…

— Allen Ginsberg

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is…

— Salvatore Quasimodo

“A Poet does not Wait on Dreams They Create Them Richard M Knittle Jr. ©2016”

— Richard M Knittle Jr

“Poems ought to reflect the work the poet does, and his relationships with other people, and family, and institutions, and organization.”

— Wallace Stegner

“A true poet does not say 'azure'; a true poet says 'blue.”

— Else Lasker-Schüler

The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for.

— Eugenio Montale

“A writer, an author or a poet does not write because of a public or herself. She lives by a great youth.”

— Petra Hermans

The poet who does not revere his art, and believe in its sovereignty, is not born to wear the purple.

— Edmund Clarence Stedman

If a poet does not tell the truth about time, his or her work will not survive it. Past or present, there is a…

— Eavan Boland

You know that the nucleus of a time is not The poet but the poem, the growth of the mind Of the world, the…

— Wallace Stevens

“She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it. from “She Does Not Love…

— Mahmoud Darwish