Defining Quote by Max Beerbohm

I don't see poetry as something that has to do with too much emotion anyway. It has to do with language.

— Werner Herzog

“A man's most vivid emotional and sensuous experience is inevitably bound up with the language that he actually speaks. (New Bearings in English Poetry)”

— Anonymous

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion,

— T. S. Eliot

There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from.

— David Whyte

“Every emotion, every feeling I have can be expressed with a word. But poetry isn’t just words muddled in a sentence. It gives us…

— Madeleine McEwen

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.

— Lucille Clifton

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

— Umberto Eco

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

— William Wordsworth

Poetry is not only the most concise way of conveying the human experience; it also offers the highest possible standards for any linguistic operation.

— Joseph Brodsky

“Poetry has a unique ability to distill complex emotions into a few lines, creating a powerful impact that lingers in the hearts of readers.…

— LaTesha Monique

“I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little universe. It…

— William Carlos Williams

Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.

— Ezra Pound