Firsts Quote by Julian Jaynes

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

— Samuel Beckett

Poetry begins as the divine speech of the bicameral mind. Then, as the bicameral mind breaks down, there remain prophets.

— Julian Jaynes

“And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best: whether it be…

— Samuel Johnson

“In the beginning was the word, and primitive societies venerated poets second only to their leaders. A poet had the power to name and…

— Kevin Crossley-Holland

I really came to literature through poetry.

— Cheryl Strayed

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.

— Democritus

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

— Joseph Campbell

The poetry of speech.

— Lord Byron

Poetry is most just to its divine origin, when it administers the comforts and breathes the thoughts of religion.

— William Wordsworth

Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth.

— Mary Oliver

Poetry has to be something more than a conception of the mind. It has to be a revelation of nature. Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions…

— Wallace Stevens

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

— Joseph Campbell