New york Quote by Kenneth Koch

I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.

— Muhammad Iqbal

Poetry has never been a favorite American pastime.

— Natalie Goldberg

I don't write poetry for the New Yorker. My poems appear in the Nation, mostly.

— Kevin Sessums

There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry.

— Edward Hirsch

I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.

— Sam Hunt

I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word.

— Bob Dylan

a poet never feels useful.

— May Sarton

I never think of poetry or the poetry scene, only separate poems written by individuals.

— Philip Larkin

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

— William Temple

There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.

— Steve Earle