Fear of failure Quote by Oscar Wilde

“Most people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honour.”

— Oscar Wilde

To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honour

— Oscar Wilde

“To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor”

— Oscar Wilde

Poetry cannot afford to lose its fundamentally self-delighting inventiveness, its joy in being a process of language as well as a representation of things…

— Seamus Heaney

Poetry is a means of redemption.

— Wallace Stevens

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Poetry is a life-cherishing force.

— Mary Oliver

After one has abandoned a belief in God, poetry is that essence which takes its place as life's redemption.

— Wallace Stevens

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

— James Wright

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

— Louise Glück

Poetry is not about personal pain or tragedy. It should resonate the society's grief.

— Gulzar