Books Quote by Steven Saylor

“These men seem not to know that poetry has its particular rules and precepts; and that history is governed by others directly opposite.”

— Lucian of Samosata

“ Q: As a poet what distinguishes you, do you think, from an ordinary man? A: Only the use of the medium of poetry…

— Dylan Thomas

The poet complains or points out the discontent that lies at the heart of man, the individual man, and how can that be redeemed?

— Derek Walcott

How does the poet speak to men with power, but by being still more a man than they

— John Keats

Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.

— Allen Tate

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him…

— Paul Valery

The true poet is a friendly man. He takes to his arms even cold and inanimate things, and rejoices in his heart.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

True poetry, like the religious prompting itself, springs from the emotional side of a man's complex nature, and is ever in harmony with his…

— Epes Sargent

Poets... are literal-minded men who will squeeze a word till it hurts.

— Archibald MacLeish

“A true poet is one who can appreciate the disciplines and structures of any and all styles of poetry.”

— David J Delaney

All men are poets at heart. They serve nature for bread, but her loveliness overcomes them sometimes.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. Poetics and philosophies disintegrate…

— Salvatore Quasimodo