Books Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

“A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his…

— Mark Forsyth

What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and…

— William Wordsworth

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The true poet is a friendly man. He takes to his arms even cold and inanimate things, and rejoices in his heart.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A poet's soul must contain the perfect shape of all things good, wise and just. His body must be spotless and without blemish, his…

— Augustine Birrell

“A poet is somebody who has written a poem.”

— Wallace Stegner

“Every man is a poet at heart.”

— Sigmund Freud

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except…

— Anonymous

“A most remarkable man; the sort of man I wish to be , of whom it might someday be said, that he was much…

— Brian Doyle

It's a man's sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.

— Thomas Carlyle

The poet is someone, I think, who's interested in registering experience immediately or giving you the sense of immediacy and directness.

— Amiri Baraka