Art Quote by Mark Strand

The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something.

— Henry David Thoreau

Poetry is a necessity of life,

— C.D. Wright

I find that in a novel I can get more of life, perhaps not such intense life, but certainly more of life than in…

— Sylvia Plath

A good poem has its own life. It's like bringing a child into the world. You, the poet, birthed the child, but the child…

— David Whyte

“Poetry is not life. Life is poetry.”

— Laurence Overmire

Poetry is to a painting what life is to man.

— Georges Braque

Poetry isn't an activity, it's a way life is lived.

— Vanna Bonta

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

— Kathleen Raine

Poetry is a life-cherishing force.

— Mary Oliver

Poetry will exist as long as there is a problem of life and death

— Ruben Dario

The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.

— Louise Glück

Poetry is the art of understanding what it is to be alive.

— Archibald MacLeish