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Poets Quotes

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech Picture Quote #1

Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves Picture Quote #1

I would hardly change the sorrowful words of the poets for their glad ones. Tears dampen the strings of the lyre, but they grow the tensor for it, and ring even the clearer and more ravishingly Picture Quote #1

All that is best in the great poets of all countries is not what is national in them, but what is universal Picture Quote #1

All women are, in some degree, poets in imagination, angels in heart, and diplomatists in mind Picture Quote #1

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A terrible thing to be pestered with poets! But, alas, she is dumb, and the proverb holds good, she never will cry till she’s out of the wood! Picture Quote #1

Bankers grovelled before the governments they usually revile, like wispy poets whining for grant money. They got billions in bailouts, yet somehow the financial sector still inspires more trust and respect than the government that saved it from itself Picture Quote #1

I’m obviously not orthodox, I don’t know how many real poets have ever been orthodox Picture Quote #1

In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics Picture Quote #1

And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art Picture Quote #1

But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it’s no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both Picture Quote #1

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I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It’s definitely one of my greatest joys, and I’m a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors Picture Quote #1

I don’t know. Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions Picture Quote #1

All poets who, when reading from their own works, experience a choked feeling, are major. For that matter, all poets who read from their own works are major, whether they choke or not Picture Quote #1

All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed Picture Quote #1

Women, poets, and especially artists, like cats; delicate natures only can realize their sensitive systems Picture Quote #1

All poets adore explosions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, conflagrations, ruins, scenes of spectacular carnage. The poetic imagination is therefore not at all a desirable quality in a chief of state Picture Quote #1

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Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers Picture Quote #1

It was from the artists and poets that the pertinent answers came, and I know that panic would have broken loose had they been able to compare notes 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

Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions Picture Quote #1

It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad Picture Quote #1

Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements of basketball players confined to wheelchairs Picture Quote #1

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I think hard times are coming. We will need writers who can remember freedom. Poets, visionaries, the realists of a larger reality Picture Quote #1

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way Picture Quote #1

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets Picture Quote #1

Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? Picture Quote #1

Well, we all start thinking we’re going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets Picture Quote #1

At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues Picture Quote #1

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Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech (Poets Quotes) Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing (Poets Quotes) Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves (Poets Quotes) I would hardly change the sorrowful words of the poets for their glad ones. Tears dampen the strings of the lyre, but they grow the tensor for it, and ring even the clearer and more ravishingly (Poets Quotes) All that is best in the great poets of all countries is not what is national in them, but what is universal (Poets Quotes) All women are, in some degree, poets in imagination, angels in heart, and diplomatists in mind (Poets Quotes) A terrible thing to be pestered with poets! But, alas, she is dumb, and the proverb holds good, she never will cry till she’s out of the wood! (Poets Quotes) Bankers grovelled before the governments they usually revile, like wispy poets whining for grant money. They got billions in bailouts, yet somehow the financial sector still inspires more trust and respect than the government that saved it from itself (Poets Quotes) I’m obviously not orthodox, I don’t know how many real poets have ever been orthodox (Poets Quotes) In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics (Poets Quotes) And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art (Poets Quotes) But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it’s no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both (Poets Quotes) I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It’s definitely one of my greatest joys, and I’m a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors (Poets Quotes) I don’t know. Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions (Poets Quotes) All poets who, when reading from their own works, experience a choked feeling, are major. For that matter, all poets who read from their own works are major, whether they choke or not (Poets Quotes) All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed (Poets Quotes) Women, poets, and especially artists, like cats; delicate natures only can realize their sensitive systems (Poets Quotes) All poets adore explosions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, conflagrations, ruins, scenes of spectacular carnage. The poetic imagination is therefore not at all a desirable quality in a chief of state (Poets Quotes) Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers (Poets Quotes) It was from the artists and poets that the pertinent answers came, and I know that panic would have broken loose had they been able to compare notes (Poets 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 (Poets Quotes) Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions (Poets Quotes) It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad (Poets Quotes) Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements of basketball players confined to wheelchairs (Poets Quotes) I think hard times are coming. We will need writers who can remember freedom. Poets, visionaries, the realists of a larger reality (Poets Quotes) But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way (Poets Quotes) In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets (Poets Quotes) Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? (Poets Quotes) Well, we all start thinking we’re going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets (Poets Quotes) At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues (Poets Quotes)

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