Inspirational Quote by José Gouveia

“when you're a poet you can dish out whatever's on your mind and you don't have to apologize for it”

— Shannon Lynette

“The poet thinks with his poem...”

— William Carlos Williams

“Poetry is pure thoughts.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Poetry is the fellatio of the mind, but there's nothing there.”

— the mag man

“I do not write poetry; I take words and dip them in feelings.”

— Arti Honrao

“Poetry is so unique and it doesn't compromise.”

— Euginia Herlihy

“He has a wonderful beauty and stillness and you do not. Your poems are unpleasant.”

— Len Jenkin

“I have to be in a particular mindset to write poetry. I either have to be very depressed or very inspired.”

— Nicholas Trandahl

“That's what poems are for, so you don't understand a thing.”

— Tatyana Tolstaya

“I'm not a poet and I know it.”

— Steph

“You wish to be a poet; you wish to be a lover. But the splendid clarity of your intelligence, and the remorseless honestly of…

— Virginia Woolf

“It takes more energy to find the words to describe poems than almost anything I can think of, except of course for trying to…

— Robert Newman