Art Quote by Paul Valery

“Poetry is simple when you write what you see and feel, searching for the words only makes it difficult”

— Rayvon L. Browne

“It takes more energy to find the words to describe poems than almost anything I can think of, except of course for trying to…

— Robert Newman

These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.

— Sara Genn

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.

— Stephane Mallarme

Poetry is very similar to music, only less notes and more words.

— Eddie Izzard

Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.

— Felix Dennis

The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning.

— Nikki Giovanni

“There is a difference between a poem and a writing incrusted with a feel of Poetry to fall within range”

— Mpho Leteng

Paradoxically, the simpler poetry is, the more difficult it becomes for a critic to discuss intelligently. Trained to explicate, the critic often loses the…

— Dana Gioia

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

— Voltaire

“Poetry wasn't written to be analysed: it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.”

— Nicholas Sparks

A poet's words are of things that do not exist without the words.

— Wallace Stevens