Poetry Quotes (336 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Horace Walpole
„Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.“
― Horace Walpole ―
Picture of quotation author A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
„Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.“
Picture of quotation author Diane Wakoski
„I'm perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it's all women. I always think it's kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry.“
― Diane Wakoski ―
Picture of quotation author Malcolm-Jamal Warner
„When I'm not working, I'm on the road with my band. Or I'm performing in poetry houses doing spoken work. So I've got another passion and another outlet that allows me to be creatively fulfilled and not sitting at home pulling my hair out waiting for the right role to come along.“
Picture of quotation author Mark Van Doren
„The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.“
― Mark Van Doren ―
Picture of quotation author Jill Scott
„I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're jumping rope and playing games. I think that's the first time I heard rhyming words - I don't know if I'd call that the definitive poetry, but that's when I heard rhyming words said and not necessarily sung.“
― Jill Scott ―
Picture of quotation author Ray Manzarek
„I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can't really think of anyone who's done anything like it since.“
― Ray Manzarek ―
Picture of quotation author Herbert Spencer
„Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.“
― Herbert Spencer ―
Picture of quotation author Robert W. Service
„Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.“
Picture of quotation author T. S. Eliot
„Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.“
― T. S. Eliot ―
Picture of quotation author Julian Baggini
„Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to poetry, for instance. Despite having studied it into a second year of university, most of it just leaves me cold.“
― Julian Baggini ―
Picture of quotation author Natasha Trethewey
„Poetry's a thing that belongs to everyone.“
Picture of quotation author Taylor Swift
„Poetry and lyrics are very similar. Making words bounce off a page.“
― Taylor Swift ―
Picture of quotation author Peter Davison
„And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.“
― Peter Davison ―
Picture of quotation author Daniel Radcliffe
„As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.“
Picture of quotation author Rainer Maria Rilke
„If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.“
Picture of quotation author A. R. Ammons
„The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.“
― A. R. Ammons ―
Picture of quotation author Marcus Mumford
„I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it's understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don't have a clue what they're on about.“
― Marcus Mumford ―
Picture of quotation author A. E. Housman
„If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.“
― A. E. Housman ―
Picture of quotation author Vikram Seth
„Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.“
― Vikram Seth ―

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