Character Quote by Wallace Stevens

“Poetry is man’s best means of perceiving most profoundly the action and the consequence of his own emotions.”

— John Ciardi

“The greatest poet does not moralize or make applications of morals... he knows the soul. The soul has that measureless pride which consists in…

— Walt Whitman

“Poetry is emotional in nature and theatrical in operation.”

— Philip Larkin

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.

— William Cowper

“. . . poetry, like all imaginative creations, divines the human enterprise. This is poetry's social value.”

— Major Jackson

“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.”

— Alok Mishra

It is very difficult to pass from pleasure to work. Accordingly more poems have been swallowed up by sorrow than ever happiness caused to…

— Honore de Balzac

“Poetry gives the greatest pleasure.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Personal angst, agony, anger, anxiety and pleasure might produce good poetry. However, to create the best, as many poets have expressed in the past,…

— Alok Mishra

For a poet, style is the only morality.

— Jennifer Stone

“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!”

— Alok Mishra

The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own taste without…

— Patrick Swift