Being a poet Quote by Jean-Paul Malfatti Download Open image “Being (or feeling as) a poet is also to weep sorrows behind the smile of a pen.” — Jean-Paul Malfatti ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behind The Smile Being a poet Fake smile Grief Poetry Sadness Sorrow Tears
“Poetry is the wailing of a broken heart―the etched sorrows of despairing souls. These artful words are an exclamation in rare colors expressed noiselessly… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What is a poet? A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed… — Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Literary' feelings are responses to poems, not just states of emotion which occur in their presence.” — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret suffrings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing poetry is a passion, ignited by thoughts, fueled by ink. A way to travel through another mind, where souvenirs of tears are tucked… — Renee Dixon Copy Share Image
What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
At times of crisis or distress, it's poems that people turn to. (Poetry) still has a power to speak to people's feelings, maybe in… — Blake Morrison Copy Share Image
What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings. — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of poets: those who feel and those who express themselves. The former are happier. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Poetry is when emotion blooms like flowers with the petals of words and spreads the fragrance of perception.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
The job of the poet is to render the world-to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about… — Mark Van Doren Copy Share Image
Playing dumb is not for me. If I say that I don't understand it, it means that I don't understand it. Period. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
I'm not used to paying tithes and I have never been under God's curse on account of that. And, if one day He considers… — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
It's easier for an Italian to gesticulate without talking than to talk without gesticulating. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
Life becomes an even harder nut to crack right when you start thinking that living it is such a piece of cake. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
Understanding the animals' instinct is much much easier than to understand the human beings' (pseudo) intelligence! — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
This year, neither my boyfriend nor I am excited about Thanksgiving. As a matter of fact, we feel as though we were a couple… — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
To love is to find out that life deserves to be lived and shared. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
“And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your art, because… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“I once tried hawking my own book around the pubs in the hope that, like the Salvation Army, I too could sell to the… — Peter Finch Copy Share Image
