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Great Poets Quotes

Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love Picture Quote #1

One of the great criticisms of poets of the past is that they said one thing and did another Picture Quote #1

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand Picture Quote #1

The attention one gets from being a poet isn’t great Picture Quote #1

One can be a great poet and be politically stupid Picture Quote #1

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation Picture Quote #1

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No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher Picture Quote #1

Repetita iuvant. Italy, a land of great saints, poets, sailors, artists, statesmen, businessmen, lawyers, intellectuals, professors, journalists, whores, gangsters, religious parasites and dickheads Picture Quote #1

Poetry, even that of the loftiest, and seemingly, that of the wildest odes, [has] a logic of its own as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more and more fugitive causes. In the truly great poets... there is a reason assignable, not only for every word, but for the position of every word Picture Quote #1

The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able men whose thoughts and deeds have moved the world, have come down from the mountains - mountain dwellers who have grown strong there with the forest trees in Nature’s workshops Picture Quote #1

Great Poets discover themselves. Little Poets have to be ‘discovered’ by somebody else Picture Quote #1

When I say be creative I don’t mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem Picture Quote #1

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To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language Picture Quote #1

I believe in magic ... There is magic in the creative faculty such as great poets and philosophers conspicuously possess, and equally in the creative chessmaster Picture Quote #1

Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets Picture Quote #1

The record of poetry in the 20th century isn’t all that great anyway. Most of the poets who weren’t fascists were Stalinists Picture Quote #1

Nearly all men and women are poetical, to some extent, but very few can be called poets. There are great poets, small poets, and men and women who make verses. But all are not poets, nor even good versifiers. Poetasters are plentiful, but real poets are rare. Education can not make a poet, though it may polish and develop one Picture Quote #1

The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world Picture Quote #1

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Like the seasons of the year, like history, truth also repeats itself. But we seldom recognize it when great poets or true artists - the prophets and the priests of our day - present it to us in garments spick and span, following the fashion of the age, the slant of its fancy, the turn and temper of its mind Picture Quote #1

I’m from Chicago, so the Chicago working-class poets still mean a great deal to me Picture Quote #1

There are many unspeakable words, forgotten, or forbidden.Great thanks to the poets who make them all become reachable Picture Quote #1

You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don’t even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid Picture Quote #1

There are very few great poets in the world Picture Quote #1

To have great poets, there must be great audiences Picture Quote #1

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Good poets borrow, great poets steal Picture Quote #1

All great poets have been men of great knowledge Picture Quote #1

Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events Picture Quote #1

The great religions are the ships, poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard Picture Quote #1

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age Picture Quote #1

A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating Picture Quote #1

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Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love (Great Poets Quotes) One of the great criticisms of poets of the past is that they said one thing and did another (Great Poets Quotes) Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand (Great Poets Quotes) The attention one gets from being a poet isn’t great (Great Poets Quotes) One can be a great poet and be politically stupid (Great Poets Quotes) A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation (Great Poets Quotes) No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher (Great Poets Quotes) Repetita iuvant. Italy, a land of great saints, poets, sailors, artists, statesmen, businessmen, lawyers, intellectuals, professors, journalists, whores, gangsters, religious parasites and dickheads (Great Poets Quotes) Poetry, even that of the loftiest, and seemingly, that of the wildest odes, [has] a logic of its own as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more and more fugitive causes. In the truly great poets... there is a reason assignable, not only for every word, but for the position of every word (Great Poets Quotes) The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able men whose thoughts and deeds have moved the world, have come down from the mountains - mountain dwellers who have grown strong there with the forest trees in Nature’s workshops (Great Poets Quotes) Great Poets discover themselves. Little Poets have to be ‘discovered’ by somebody else (Great Poets Quotes) When I say be creative I don’t mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem. (Great Poets Quotes) To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language (Great Poets Quotes) I believe in magic ... There is magic in the creative faculty such as great poets and philosophers conspicuously possess, and equally in the creative chessmaster. (Great Poets Quotes) Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets (Great Poets Quotes) The record of poetry in the 20th century isn’t all that great anyway. Most of the poets who weren’t fascists were Stalinists. (Great Poets Quotes) Nearly all men and women are poetical, to some extent, but very few can be called poets. There are great poets, small poets, and men and women who make verses. But all are not poets, nor even good versifiers. Poetasters are plentiful, but real poets are rare. Education can not make a poet, though it may polish and develop one. (Great Poets Quotes) The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world. (Great Poets Quotes) Like the seasons of the year, like history, truth also repeats itself. But we seldom recognize it when great poets or true artists - the prophets and the priests of our day - present it to us in garments spick and span, following the fashion of the age, the slant of its fancy, the turn and temper of its mind. (Great Poets Quotes) I’m from Chicago, so the Chicago working-class poets still mean a great deal to me (Great Poets Quotes) There are many unspeakable words, forgotten, or forbidden.Great thanks to the poets who make them all become reachable. (Great Poets Quotes) You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don’t even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid (Great Poets Quotes) There are very few great poets in the world (Great Poets Quotes) To have great poets, there must be great audiences (Great Poets Quotes) Good poets borrow, great poets steal (Great Poets Quotes) All great poets have been men of great knowledge (Great Poets Quotes) Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events (Great Poets Quotes) The great religions are the ships, poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard (Great Poets Quotes) Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age (Great Poets Quotes) A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating (Great Poets Quotes)

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