Career Quote by Robert Graves

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

— Robert Frost

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.

— Kathleen Raine

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny

— Mikhail Dudan

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of…

— Mary Oliver

Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling.

— Edward Hirsch

Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.

— Bob Dylan

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

There are several more careers more engaging to follow than that of poetry. But the circumstances of one's birth, the conduct of one's parents,…

— Hart Crane

To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre, it means having a predilection for debauchery.

— Nicole Brossard

To be a poet is as serious, long-term and natural as the effort to be the best human you can be. To express something…

— Alice Oswald

If you know much about your work - why you work, how you work, your aims - you are probably not a poet.

— Mary Webb