Intellect Quote by Henry Miller

The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line.

— Edward Thomas

“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 that / which arrives at the intellect / by way of the heart.

— R. S. Thomas

You speak As one who fed on poetry.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Who can ever say the perfect thing to the poet about his poetry?

— Alice Munro

“The intellect is of no use unless it’s disciplined by the mortification of the flesh, so that it may serve the soul. That’s all.…

— Mark Helprin

“Inspiration without intellect is useless and dangerous; and the poet will be able to perform few wonders, when he is astonished by wonders.”

— Novalis

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“A poet not only has to observe but also absorb all the emotions objectively in order to express them in verse. Only a calm…

— Alok Mishra

When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man.

— Norman MacCaig

I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero