Age Quote by Mark Twain

Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.

— Anonymous

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

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.

— Maurice Saatchi

In a lethal world, poetry is necessary for survival.

— Mary Caroline Richards

“Poetry is a disease vector. Like malaria.”

— Katie Douglas

I think there are different kinds of poetry for different stages of life and there's the wild, exuberance of youth, there's the painful agony…

— Edward Hirsch

It may very well be that we have entered another time when most poets will feel compelled to use poetry to stop things from…

— Matthew Zapruder

Poetry can cause irreparable harm when misapplied

— Gail Carriger

Poetry is a hazardous occupation, very hazardous. There may be bad things in there inside you that maybe you can't handle.

— James Dickey

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

— Robert Frost

Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.

— James Wright

Poetry is the disease of the brain.

— Alfred de Vigny