Atmosphere Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Poetry's medium is not merely light as air, it is air: vital and deep as ordinary breath.

— Robert Pinsky

Poetry cannot be explained, it must be lived.

— Anne Hebert

Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time.

— Mary Karr

Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.

— Halldór Laxness

The poetry of life must not be replaced with matter-of-fact prose.

— Steve Grand

“For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes…

— Plato

Poetry is as necessary to comprehension as science. It is as impossible to live without reverence as it is without joy.

— Henry Beston

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

— Oscar Wilde

Poetry is the scholar's art.

— Wallace Stevens

Poetry is the art of overhearing ourselves say things from which it is impossible to retreat.

— David Whyte

A poet is a musician who can't sing.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.

— Salvatore Quasimodo