Chaps Quote by William Morris

He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem.

— John Milton

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

— Stephen Spender

“He showed, in a few words, that it is not sufficient to throw together a few incidents that are to be met with in…

— Voltaire

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

— Oscar Wilde

He who improvises can never make a perfect line of poetry.

— Titian

You can't argue with someone who believes, or just passionately suspects, that the poet's function is not to write what he must write but,…

— Anonymous

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

— Anonymous

“He wishes he were a skilled poet, it would fit his chosen image perfectly; the poor, tragic, tortured artiste. But he has no talent…

— Curtis Ackie

The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time…

— Lascelles Abercrombie

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

— Isaac Rosenberg

“no poet can know what his poem is going to be like until he has written it.”

— W.H. Auden

“but take away his poems and what does he have left? He wants to write more poems, enough to fill half the world.”

— Nachoem M Wijnberg