Poetry Quote by Samuel R. Delany

“I believe that poems die the moment they are outwardly expressed.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

“And I'm not a poet: but never despair! I'll madly live the poems I shall never write.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Poetry...is full of visions pulled more from our hearts than from our minds. Our greatest poems are written in the dust of our deepest…

— John H Ritter

“Most people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honour.”

— Oscar Wilde

“he shewed himself so intimately acquainted with all the tenderest songs of the one poet, and all the impassioned descriptions of hopeless agony of…

— Jane Austen

“I wonder if you ever read my poems and wish they were written for you.”

— Kamand Kojouri

“Some poems take us places where no words reach, no thought, they take you up to the core itself, life stops for one moment…

— Jón Kalman Stefánsson

“the best poems it seems to me are written out of an ultimate need. and once the poem is written, the only need after…

— Charles Bukowski

“Poetry is pure thoughts.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Somehow something has gone wrong with poetry in our culture. We have lost touch with its purpose and value, and in doing so, we…

— Gregory Orr

“Poetry is the fellatio of the mind, but there's nothing there.”

— the mag man

“Poetry helps heal wounds. Makes them tangible.”

— Isabel Quintero