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Poet Quotes

Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet Picture Quote #1

I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about! Picture Quote #1

How far we are going to read a poet when we can read about a poet is a problem to lay before biographers Picture Quote #1

A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager Picture Quote #1

A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches Picture Quote #1

This is truth the poet sings, that a sorrow’s crown of sorrows is remembering happier things Picture Quote #1

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The desert attracts the nomad, the ocean the sailor, the infinite the poet Picture Quote #1

A mathematician who is not also something of a poet will never be a complete mathematician Picture Quote #1

The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness Picture Quote #1

James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre Picture Quote #1

Just because science can’t in practice explain things like the love that motivates a poet to write a sonnet, that doesn’t mean that religion can. It’s a simple and logical fallacy to say, ‘If science can’t do something therefore religion can.’ Picture Quote #1

My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost. One of my earliest poems, Give and Take, was about my Aunt Sugar, how I was losing her to her memory loss Picture Quote #1

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I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet Picture Quote #1

The French Revolution gave birth to no artists but only to a great journalist, Desmoulins, and to an under-the-counter writer, Sade. The only poet of the times was the guillotine Picture Quote #1

Both poet and painter want to reach the silence behind the language, the silence within the language. Both painter and poet want their work to shine not only in daylight but (by whatever illusionist magic) from within Picture Quote #1

You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies Picture Quote #1

Master Sigmund Freud once said that wherever I go, I find a poet has been there before me. This is simply because science either walks or runs but art has wings to fly! Picture Quote #1

How does the poet transform his banal thoughts (are not most thoughts banal?) into such stunning forms, into beauty? Picture Quote #1

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A poet sees a flower and can go on and on about how beautiful the colors are. But what the poet doesn’t see is the xylem and the phloem and the pollen and the thousands of generations of breeding and the billions of years before that. All of that is only available to the scientists Picture Quote #1

To become a poet, the most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it’s so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish Picture Quote #1

My mother actually left American in 1929 to be part of an alternative community of bohemians around her then father-in-law who was a well-known Greek poet. This group of people were living in this semi-Luddite reality and weaving their own clothes - proto-hippies in a way- -but around an artistic vision Picture Quote #1

I wanted to be a poet. I had a really romantic idea about what that would mean. My parents knew some poets, and I liked how they dressed and acted, but I didn’t really acknowledge that I only liked reading some bits of poetry while I was peeing or something Picture Quote #1

Robert Frost really started this whole thing rolling. He was, I believe, the first poet who started going to colleges. Before that, poets didn’t give public readings very often, certainly not - there was no circuit of schools Picture Quote #1

Americans would have a right to go to war with the Iraqis if we could name one author from Iraq. It disturbs me that we’re going to war with somebody we know absolutely nothing about. Name one Iraqi poet, one Iraqi woman activist, one Iraqi singer. Name one Iraqi novelist. You can’t. And how can you go kill someone you don’t know anything about? Picture Quote #1

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This is just rap. I’m not trying to make people think I’m some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet Picture Quote #1

Once, I compared poetry to mothers in my book called To Write as a Woman, because my mother is someone who captures me in her body and gave birth to me out of her desire but washed her hands of me after giving birth to me as a poet Picture Quote #1

Just after graduation in 1966, like many of my contemporaries, I applied for research training at the National Institutes of Health. Perhaps because his wife was a poet, Ira Pastan agreed to take me into his laboratory, despite my lack of scientific credentials Picture Quote #1

At this point in my life - age 24 - I have chosen a fairly strange path that not many are walking. I am a professional spoken word poet who tours the world performing and teaching. I run an organization called Project VOICE dedicated to using this art form as an education and empowerment tool in schools and communities of all kinds Picture Quote #1

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always waiting for its poet Picture Quote #1

When the poet Paul Valery once asked Albert Einstein if he kept a notebook to record his ideas, Einstein looked at him with mild but genuine surprise. Oh, that’s not necessary, he replied . It’s so seldom I have one Picture Quote #1

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Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet (Poet Quotes) I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about! (Poet Quotes) How far we are going to read a poet when we can read about a poet is a problem to lay before biographers (Poet Quotes) A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager (Poet Quotes) A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches (Poet Quotes) This is truth the poet sings, that a sorrow’s crown of sorrows is remembering happier things (Poet Quotes) The desert attracts the nomad, the ocean the sailor, the infinite the poet (Poet Quotes) A mathematician who is not also something of a poet will never be a complete mathematician (Poet Quotes) The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness (Poet Quotes) James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre (Poet Quotes) Just because science can’t in practice explain things like the love that motivates a poet to write a sonnet, that doesn’t mean that religion can. It’s a simple and logical fallacy to say, ‘If science can’t do something therefore religion can.’ (Poet Quotes) My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost. One of my earliest poems, Give and Take, was about my Aunt Sugar, how I was losing her to her memory loss (Poet Quotes) I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet (Poet Quotes) The French Revolution gave birth to no artists but only to a great journalist, Desmoulins, and to an under-the-counter writer, Sade. The only poet of the times was the guillotine (Poet Quotes) Both poet and painter want to reach the silence behind the language, the silence within the language. Both painter and poet want their work to shine not only in daylight but (by whatever illusionist magic) from within (Poet Quotes) You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies (Poet Quotes) Master Sigmund Freud once said that wherever I go, I find a poet has been there before me. This is simply because science either walks or runs but art has wings to fly! (Poet Quotes) How does the poet transform his banal thoughts (are not most thoughts banal?) into such stunning forms, into beauty? (Poet Quotes) A poet sees a flower and can go on and on about how beautiful the colors are. But what the poet doesn’t see is the xylem and the phloem and the pollen and the thousands of generations of breeding and the billions of years before that. All of that is only available to the scientists (Poet Quotes) To become a poet, the most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it’s so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish (Poet Quotes) My mother actually left American in 1929 to be part of an alternative community of bohemians around her then father-in-law who was a well-known Greek poet. This group of people were living in this semi-Luddite reality and weaving their own clothes - proto-hippies in a way- -but around an artistic vision (Poet Quotes) I wanted to be a poet. I had a really romantic idea about what that would mean. My parents knew some poets, and I liked how they dressed and acted, but I didn’t really acknowledge that I only liked reading some bits of poetry while I was peeing or something (Poet Quotes) Robert Frost really started this whole thing rolling. He was, I believe, the first poet who started going to colleges. Before that, poets didn’t give public readings very often, certainly not - there was no circuit of schools (Poet Quotes) Americans would have a right to go to war with the Iraqis if we could name one author from Iraq. It disturbs me that we’re going to war with somebody we know absolutely nothing about. Name one Iraqi poet, one Iraqi woman activist, one Iraqi singer. Name one Iraqi novelist. You can’t. And how can you go kill someone you don’t know anything about? (Poet Quotes) This is just rap. I’m not trying to make people think I’m some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet. (Poet Quotes) Once, I compared poetry to mothers in my book called To Write as a Woman, because my mother is someone who captures me in her body and gave birth to me out of her desire but washed her hands of me after giving birth to me as a poet. (Poet Quotes) Just after graduation in 1966, like many of my contemporaries, I applied for research training at the National Institutes of Health. Perhaps because his wife was a poet, Ira Pastan agreed to take me into his laboratory, despite my lack of scientific credentials. (Poet Quotes) At this point in my life - age 24 - I have chosen a fairly strange path that not many are walking. I am a professional spoken word poet who tours the world performing and teaching. I run an organization called Project VOICE dedicated to using this art form as an education and empowerment tool in schools and communities of all kinds. (Poet Quotes) The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always waiting for its poet (Poet Quotes) When the poet Paul Valery once asked Albert Einstein if he kept a notebook to record his ideas, Einstein looked at him with mild but genuine surprise. Oh, that’s not necessary, he replied . It’s so seldom I have one. (Poet Quotes)

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