Inspiration Quote by Paul Éluard

“The poet is much more the one who inspires,than the one who is inspired.”

— Paul Eluard

The poet is he who inspires, rather than he who is inspired.

— Paul Eluard

“Writers, poets and artists inspire each other. I believe they become muses for each other.”

— Avijeet Das

“One need to be inspired, to inspire.”

— Krishna Sagar

“I have to be in a particular mindset to write poetry. I either have to be very depressed or very inspired.”

— Nicholas Trandahl

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“You cannot possibly inspire the world unless you yourself are inspired.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

“A true poet writes from the language and experiences of their own heart, not those of others.”

— Suzy Kassem

My focus is on the reader and that the poet's job is not to inspire himself or herself. The poet's job is to inspire…

— Edward Hirsch

“Poems is what could keep us happy, different words, different poets, different paths.”

— Deyth Banger

“On the contrary I am not a poet, I am just a writer who happens to write poetry.”

— Kenneth G. Ortiz

“The beauty of poetry is that it can mean different things to different people at different times.”

— Wendy Higgins