Conscience Quote by Joseph Brodsky

for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and is beside…

— Plato

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

— John Fowles

Poetry is a world seen through the eyes of the soul, writing in its being...

— Mariana Fulger

He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write…

— John Fowles

One of the ways in which I feel close to God is writing poetry.

— Christian Wiman

“For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes…

— Plato

“I write you poems because God spoke the universe into existence, so don’t ever let me hear you say that words are just words.…

— Upile Chisala

Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, 'I will compose…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

The unconscious mind writes poetry if it's left alone.

— Stephen King

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write in words

— John Fowles

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

One who writes a poem writes it because the language prompts, or simply dictates, the next line.

— Joseph Brodsky