Comprehension Quote by Henry Beston

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

— Naomi Shihab Nye

... 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

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

— Adrienne Rich

In a lethal world, poetry is necessary for survival.

— Mary Caroline Richards

Poetry is necessary, but is the poet?

— Carlos Drummond de Andrade

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

— Mark Strand

To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.

— Edgar Allan Poe

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

— Natasha Trethewey

“What I have lately said of painting is equally true with respect to poetry. It is only necessary for us to know what is…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be…

— George Bernard Shaw

In all our academies we attempt far too much. ... In earlier times lectures were delivered upon chemistry and botany as branches of medicine,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I refer to the misunderstanding of Soviet Russia as an aggressive power, militaristically and ideologically bent upon world domination 'seeing', to quote a recent…

— Enoch Powell