Dislike Quote by Oscar Wilde

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other is to read Pope

— Oscar Wilde

It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than…

— Orson F. Whitney

The people fancy they hate poetry, and they are all poets and mystics.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Poetry is the enemy of the poem.

— Stanley Kunitz

But you hate poetry! Yes, but you make me want to write it.

— Cassandra Clare

We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry.

— Henry David Thoreau

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

— Nathalie Sarraute

“I dislike a great deal of contemporary poetry — all of the past you read is usually quite great — but it is a…

— Frank O'Hara

Poems very seldom consist of poetry and nothing else; and pleasure can be derived also from their other ingredients. I am convinced that most…

— A. E. Housman

All poetry is difficult to read - The sense of it anyhow.

— Robert Browning

Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it.

— Gilbert Highet

I'm not a great poetry fan.

— Rupert Everett