Beholder Quote by Walter Benjamin

A poem is no place for an idea.

— E. W. Howe

“Information paints no picture, sings no song, and writes no poem.”

— R.F. Georgy

There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.

— Joy Harjo

A picture is poem without words.

— Confucius

There’s no preparation for poetry.

— Charles Simic

No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.

— Horace

No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone.

— Anonymous

Poetry contains nothing haphazard.

— William Empson

A picture is a poem without words

— Horace

There is no art without a poetic aim.

— Edouard Vuillard

Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head.

— Christopher Logue

I make no distinction between poetry and painting.

— Joan Miro