Beautiful Quote by Isaac Watts

Certain of Poe's tales possess an almost absolute perfection of artistic form which makes them veritable beacon-lights in the province of the short story.

— H. P. Lovecraft

Poesy must not be drawn by the ears: it must be gently led, or rather, it must lead, which was partly the cause that…

— Philip Sidney

To fine that light within--that's the genius of poetry.

— Julie Harris

Oratory, like the drama, abhors lengthiness; like the drama, it must keep doing. It avoids, as frigid, prolonged metaphysical soliloquy. Beauties themselves, if they…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I read the…

— Jack Gilbert

“this lightness is something created in the writing, using the linguistic tools of the poet, independent of whatever philosophical doctrine the poet claims to…

— Italo Calvino

Thoughtful lightness can make frivolity seem dull and heavy.

— Italo Calvino

Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility. It insists on living its own life.

— Jean Cocteau

Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author. Reasoning poers must…

— Flora Thompson

At bottom, no real object is unpoetical, if the poet knows how to use it properly.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Wherever poesie can be felt, all poetic touches are superfluous.”

— Robert Walser

For me, the poetry in a work is that which makes visible the invisible.

— Nathalie Sarraute