Freedom Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every limited mind demands a certain freedom of expression, and the man who cannot express himself satisfactorily without the stimulation derived from the spirited…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Poetry is a break for freedom.

— David Whyte

The modern poet has no essential alliance with regular schemes of any sorts.He reserves the right to adapt his rhythm to his mood, to…

— Herbert Read

I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.

— Jean Cocteau

I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to…

— Robert Frost

“In the sentences of poetry prosaic words should serve only as detours to a greater poetic expression, both abstruse & plain.”

— the mag man

Thus, statesmanlike, I'll saucily impose, And safe from action, valiantly advise; Sheltered in impotence, urge you to blows, And being good for nothing else,…

— John Wilmot

It is not just shameful for a contemporary American poet to use rhymes, it is unthinkable. It seems banal to him; he fears banality…

— Joseph Brodsky

The freedom of poetic license.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom.…

— Peter Davison

“Restraint is a condition, not the opposite of free­dom.”

— Friedrich A. Hayek

But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either…

— Andrew Motion