Affirm Quote by Philip Sidney

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather…

— Lascelles Abercrombie

To be a wit, intelligence is enough; to be a poet takes imagination.

— Cardinalde Bernis

We have more poets than judges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.…

— Michel de Montaigne

A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line.

— Edward Thomas

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you…

— Socrates

For the poet is a light winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is…

— Plato

Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.

— Isaac Watts

“Many are poets, but without the name; For what is Poesy but to create From overfeeling Good or Ill; and aim At an external…

— George Gordon Byron

“The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write,…

— W. H. Auden

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

— Bryant H. McGill

Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author. Reasoning poers must…

— Flora Thompson

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel