Add Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Modern poets mix too much water with their ink. [Ger., Neuere Poeten thun viel Wasser in die Tinte.]

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Water is the ink that writes the poetry of life.

— Alexandra Cousteau

“Poets must first ponder themselves and learn to see the beauty within them to allow the beauty to spill out of them in ink…

— Jeffrey G. Duarte

Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“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

“I bleed myself to be your drink: Is not the blood of poets—ink?”

— William Soutar

Poets are like steam valves, where the ordinary feelings of ordinary people can escape and be shown.

— Sharon Olds

True poets don't write their thoughts with a pen. They release the ink that flows from within their heart.

— Ritu Ghatourey

“You also use ink to write lyrics that are so private that you smear them in all kinds of figurative ways so people can’t…

— Charles Homans

I am no Poet here; my pen's the spout where the rain water of my eyes run out.

— John Cleveland

“They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized all over the place but they're not poets.”

— J.D. Salinger

More modern poetry is written than read.

— P. J. O'Rourke