Economy Quote by James Arthur

“When I examine my mind and try to discern clearly in the matter, I cannot satisfy myself that there are any such things as…

— A.E. Housman

Poetry requires deliberate movement in its direction, a filament of faith in its persistence, receptivity to its fundamental worthwhileness. Within its unanesthetized heart there…

— C.D. Wright

Poetry has to be something more than a conception of the mind. It has to be a revelation of nature. Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions…

— Wallace Stevens

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully…

— William C. Bryant

“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

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

— R. S. Thomas

Thus poetry, regarded as a vehicle of thought, is especially impressive partly because it obeys all the laws of effective speech, and partly because…

— Herbert Spencer

The writing of an assay-type poem or a poem investigating perspective isn't an exercise of rational or strategic mind. Poems for me are acts…

— Jane Hirshfield

I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.

— Kapil Sibal

At certain periods of history it is only poetry that is capable of dealing with reality by condensing it into something graspable, something that…

— Joseph Brodsky

The strength of the poetry as we enter into whatever it is we are entering into, will be determined by the clarity of the…

— John Trudell

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

— Edward Thomas