About Quote by Robert Creeley

“And when a man talks from his heart, in his moment of truth, he speaks poetry.”

— Ray Bradbury

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

— Jean Cocteau

When a man talks from his heart, in his moment of truth, he speaks poetry.

— Ray Bradbury

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

“when you're a poet you can dish out whatever's on your mind and you don't have to apologize for it”

— Shannon Lynette

“A poet need not trouble himself if he lies. He lies only in the matter of love, as the regions of the heart are…

— Mahmoud Darwish

The true poem is the poet's mind.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“a poetry express dreamer man of action, his every line thinking about. thinking about a woman.”

— Tom Phillips

“When a poet speaks of truth to another poet, what hope has truth?”

— Steven Erikson

The poet complains or points out the discontent that lies at the heart of man, the individual man, and how can that be redeemed?

— Derek Walcott

“Poetry is the whispering of a truth by the shouting of the best possible lies”

— Oscar Sparrow

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow…

— Mark Strand