Poetry Quote by Robert Hass

Poetry cannot take sides except with life.

— Stephen Spender

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

— Samuel Beckett

Poetry is the ultimate democracy.

— Brendan Kennelly

I consider poetry very subordinate to moral and political science.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Poetry is that / which arrives at the intellect / by way of the heart.

— R. S. Thomas

Poetry springs from something deeper; it's beyond intelligence.

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Poetry provides a vehicle that takes me to places that logic won't go. It is a way of understanding the incomprehensible.”

— John A. Vanek

These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.

— Sara Genn

I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for…

— Sarah Kay

All poetry is political, to some degree.

— Mike Young

You don't have to be a poet, you don't have to be a politician or be in the White House to make an impact…

— Amanda Gorman

One problem we face comes from the lack of any agreed sense of how we should be working to train ourselves to write poetry.

— James Fenton