Exaltation Quote by Robert Graves

“Poetry has an immediate effect on the mind. The simple act of reading poetry alters thought patterns and the shuttle of the breath. Poetry…

— Ivan M. Granger

In spite of its romantic frisson, the position of muse is very vague and largely thankless for the muse herself.

— Katie Roiphe

Poetry is the voice of the soul, whispering, celebrating, singing, even.

— Carolyn Forche

“For those who do not write and who never have been stirred by the creative urge, talk of muses seems a figure of speech,…

— Dan Simmons

I am imbued with the notion that a Muse is necessarily a dead woman, inaccessible or absent; that a poetic structure - like the…

— Michel Leiris

Poetry uses language to create a music borne inside human experiences and emotions.

— Pattiann Rogers

Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines…

— Robert Pinsky

What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced that, but…

— Giles Andreae

Poetry is language trying to become bodily experience.

— Herbert McCabe

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully…

— William C. Bryant

Poetry is most just to its divine origin, when it administers the comforts and breathes the thoughts of religion.

— William Wordsworth

The poetic function is the set towards the message itself, focus on the message for its own sake which by promoting the palpability of…

— Roman Jakobson