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Poetry Quotes

I would rather read poetry than eat my dinner any day. It has been so all my life Picture Quote #1

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell Picture Quote #1

Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence Picture Quote #1

I found that it wasn’t so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they’re kindred spirits Picture Quote #1

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose Picture Quote #1

Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly... in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails Picture Quote #1

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Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you’ve lost the whole thing Picture Quote #1

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully Picture Quote #1

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly Picture Quote #1

So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us Picture Quote #1

The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all Picture Quote #1

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write Picture Quote #1

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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 Quote #1

Poetry... ... A place for the genuine, hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, hair that can rise Picture Quote #1

Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, ferment the freckled red bitterness of love Picture Quote #1

I must say, when I reread myself, it’s the poetry I tend to look at. It’s the most exciting to write, and it’s over the quickest Picture Quote #1

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can’t read any poetry Picture Quote #1

Poetry and fiction have grieved for a century now over the loss of some vitality which they think they see in a past from which we are by now irrevocably alienated Picture Quote #1

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The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere Picture Quote #1

Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say 65- 66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published - certainly in the 20 years prior to that Picture Quote #1

I would like to spend more time with Spanish poetry. I know French better than Spanish, but Spanish was my first language, and my father spoke it to us Picture Quote #1

My poetry is the most disappointing thing for me that I’ve ever written. When I say I can write everything, I don’t say I can write everything well Picture Quote #1

When the poet said that for him poetry was not a purpose, but a passion, he was also expressing the feelings of the true scientist to his own field Picture Quote #1

No verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job... Poetry.. Remains one person talking to another... No poet can write a poem of amplitude unless he is the master of the prosaic Picture Quote #1

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I cannot accept the doctrine that in poetry there is a suspension of belief. A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true Picture Quote #1

I am suggesting that the radical of poetry lies not in the resolution of doubts but in their proliferation Picture Quote #1

Poetry seems especially like nothing else so much as itself. Poetry is not like, it is the very lining of the inner life Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the language of intensity. Because we are going to die, an expression of intensity is justified Picture Quote #1

He feared his maturity as it grew upon him with its ripe thought, its skill, its finished art; yet which lacked the poetry of boyhood to make living a full end of life Picture Quote #1

If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live Picture Quote #1

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I would rather read poetry than eat my dinner any day. It has been so all my life (Poetry Quotes) But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell (Poetry Quotes) Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence (Poetry Quotes) I found that it wasn’t so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they’re kindred spirits (Poetry Quotes) In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose (Poetry Quotes) Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly... in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you’ve lost the whole thing (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully (Poetry Quotes) Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly (Poetry Quotes) So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us (Poetry Quotes) The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all (Poetry Quotes) There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write (Poetry Quotes) 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 (Poetry Quotes) Poetry... ... A place for the genuine, hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, hair that can rise (Poetry Quotes) Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, ferment the freckled red bitterness of love (Poetry Quotes) I must say, when I reread myself, it’s the poetry I tend to look at. It’s the most exciting to write, and it’s over the quickest (Poetry Quotes) I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can’t read any poetry (Poetry Quotes) Poetry and fiction have grieved for a century now over the loss of some vitality which they think they see in a past from which we are by now irrevocably alienated (Poetry Quotes) The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere (Poetry Quotes) Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say 65- 66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published - certainly in the 20 years prior to that (Poetry Quotes) I would like to spend more time with Spanish poetry. I know French better than Spanish, but Spanish was my first language, and my father spoke it to us (Poetry Quotes) My poetry is the most disappointing thing for me that I’ve ever written. When I say I can write everything, I don’t say I can write everything well (Poetry Quotes) When the poet said that for him poetry was not a purpose, but a passion, he was also expressing the feelings of the true scientist to his own field (Poetry Quotes) No verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job... Poetry.. Remains one person talking to another... No poet can write a poem of amplitude unless he is the master of the prosaic (Poetry Quotes) I cannot accept the doctrine that in poetry there is a suspension of belief. A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true (Poetry Quotes) I am suggesting that the radical of poetry lies not in the resolution of doubts but in their proliferation (Poetry Quotes) Poetry seems especially like nothing else so much as itself. Poetry is not like, it is the very lining of the inner life (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is the language of intensity. Because we are going to die, an expression of intensity is justified (Poetry Quotes) He feared his maturity as it grew upon him with its ripe thought, its skill, its finished art; yet which lacked the poetry of boyhood to make living a full end of life (Poetry Quotes) If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live (Poetry Quotes)

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