Famous-poets Quote by Stanley Victor Paskavich

There's two ways to become a famous Poet, find that one person that knows somebody, that knows somebody, that knows somebody. Or die trying

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

“To my way of thinking the function of the poet is to make us aware of what we know and don't know we know.”

— William S. Burroughs

Great Poets discover themselves. Little Poets have to be 'discovered' by somebody else.

— Marie Corelli

“You want to be a poet and not die.”

— Erica Jong

A poem is good until one knows by whom it is.

— Karl Kraus

“Why he's a poet, you know, so he may live upon learning.”

— Frances Burney

“You may be a poet and not even know it.”

— M.L. Shanahan

Poetry holds the knowledge that we are alive and that we know we're going to die,

— Marie Howe

“I'm not a poet and I know it.”

— Steph

“A poet writes what they see every day, what they know, what they’ve lived or barely lived through.”

— Jason E. Hodges

“If I knew where poems came from, I'd go there.”

— Michael Langley

“A dead poet is better than one that's alive”

— Aaron Ozee