Poetry Quotes ( 20 - 30 of 118 )
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.
Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.
Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed read more
A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: "Sing for us soon again;" that is as much as to say, "May new sufferings torment your soul.".
