Bliss Quote by Joseph Campbell

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

— Dan Simmons

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

— Samuel Beckett

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and…

— William Wordsworth

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.

— Kathleen Raine

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

— Robert Graves

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

— J.D. Salinger

Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.

— Allen Tate

To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre, it means having a predilection for debauchery.

— Nicole Brossard

Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..

— Ogden Nash

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