Belief Quote by May Sarton

Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public

— Paulo Coelho

But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I…

— Eugenio Montale

True poetry ought to be secret and clandestine, concealed like a prohibited voice of dissent, while at the same time it should speak to…

— Claudio Magris

A poem is a naked person.

— Bob Dylan

I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries.

— Katy Lederer

“Writing books is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public.”

— Paulo Coelho

Eroticism cannot be entirely revealed without poetry.

— Georges Bataille

We may feel bitterly how little our poems can do in the face of seemingly out-of-control technological power and seemingly limitless corporate greed, yet…

— Adrienne Rich

The spirit of poetry, like all other living powers, must of necessity circumscribe itself by rules, were it only to unite power with beauty.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet.

— Bob Dylan

I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to…

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

A poet is not a public figure. A poet should be read and not seen.

— Cecil Day-Lewis