Careers Quote by Maxine Kumin

To think of writing poetry as a "career" is not only ridiculous, it's dangerous. To the imagination. To the way one thinks of art.…

— Cate Marvin

Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling.

— Edward Hirsch

I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than…

— Dana Goodyear

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of…

— Mary Oliver

I consider poetry my vocation, not my "career." My career is as a university professor; that's what pays the bills.

— Cate Marvin

I have decided to be a poet. My father said there isn't a suitable career structure for poets and no pensions and other boring…

— Sue Townsend

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

— Kathleen Raine

There are several more careers more engaging to follow than that of poetry. But the circumstances of one's birth, the conduct of one's parents,…

— Hart Crane

I've got mixed feelings about poetry cause done well poetry is fantastic. But not many people are capable of doing it well. I think…

— Craig Ferguson

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a…

— Viggo Mortensen

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

— Robert Graves

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny

— Mikhail Dudan