Art Quote by Robert Pinsky

Poetry is an art spoken, as if sung, in relation to other human beings.

— David Biespiel

Poetry is a very complex art.... It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols.

— Ezra Pound

Poetry is music written for the human voice.

— Maya Angelou

Poetry is when you talk to yourself.

— William Hughes Mearns

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

— Carolyn Forche

I believe that poems are a score for performance by the reader, and that you become the speaking voice. You don't read or overhear…

— Helen Vendler

Poetry is a lyrical insinuation. Often, its melodic subtlety kisses the subconscious mind.

— Masiela Lusha

Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it.

— Sonia Sanchez

“Poetry rhymes, a song our souls need to nourish upon. Poetry is a drum, a sound our bodies wish to have. Poetry is organized,…

— Gloria D. Gonsalves

Poetry is an intimate act. It's about bringing forth something that's inside you--whether it is a memory, a philosophical idea, a deep love for…

— Dorianne Laux

Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry. I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn't just want to sit on paper,…

— Sarah Kay

Increasingly I think of poetry as a theatre of voices, not as coming from a single "I" or from any one position. I want…

— Adrienne Rich