Inspirational Quote by Titian

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.

— George Sand

“Poetry should forever be becoming and never perfected.”

— Friedrich Schlegel

Who can ever say the perfect thing to the poet about his poetry?

— Alice Munro

The poet is a creator, not an iconoclast, and never will tamely endeavor to say in prose what can only be expressed in song.

— Edmund Clarence Stedman

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize

— Oscar Wilde

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

— Anonymous

An old poet ought never to be caught with his technique showing.

— Stanley Kunitz

A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line.

— Edward Thomas

There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry.

— Edward Hirsch

Poetry must be made by all and not by one.

— Anonymous

“Truly great poems never do, somehow.”

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr