Everyday Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and -- if at all possible…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When someone speaks we ought to get three things out of the message. First and least important (but still very important), we ought to…

— Henry D. Moyle

“Every day we hear a little melody,reading a beautiful poem, see a fine painting and,If possible, say the words.”

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Sometimes poetry--words--give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.

— Patricia MacLachlan

Poetry is the key to the mind.

— Gaetane Gayot

An essential element for good writing is a good ear: One must listen to the sound of one's own prose.

— Barbara Tuchman

These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.

— Sara Genn

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

— John Keats

In a poem the words should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind.

— Marianne Moore

We must listen to poets.

— Gaston Bachelard

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it.…

— Boris Pasternak

I have always believed that poems beg to be read aloud, even if the reader is in a world all her own.

— J. Patrick Lewis