Humor Quote by Katie Douglas

“What is more dangerous than to become a poet? which is, as some say, an incurable and infectious disease.”

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Poetry is the disease of the brain.

— Alfred de Vigny

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.

— William Shenstone

“Poetry is not an art, it's a symptom.”

— Michele Brenton

“Have you ever noticed some of the worst sicknesses in history have a lyrical sound to them? Words like malaria, diarrhea, cholera”

— Emma Chase

“Only fever and poetry provoke visions. Only love and memory.”

— Roberto Bolaño

“A poem is a meteor.”

— Wallace Stevens

“Poetry is music for the human voice. Until you actually speak it or someone speaks it, it has not come into its own.”

— Maya Angelou

“Poetry is the sound of the human animal.”

— Suniti Namjoshi

“Poetry is a prayer.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“POETRY HAS A PEPTIC PRESENCE. PRESENTLY.”

— Amy King

“Poetry is the coronation of literature, and a majestic form of writing.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann