Aspire Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay

He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child. He must take to…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into…

— Thomas Carlyle

Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet…

— Tom Wolfe

The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.

— Anais Nin

A poet may be a good companion, but, so far as I know, he is ever the worst of fathers.

— Irving Bacheller

A good poet's made as well as born.

— Ben Jonson

A parent, unlike a poet, is not born - he is made.

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

poems are small moments of enlightenment

— Natalie Goldberg

Every poet, be his outward lot what it may, finds himself born in the midst of prose; h e has to struggle from the…

— Thomas Carlyle

“For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes…

— Plato