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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different Picture Quote #1

And poets by their sufferings grow, as if there were no more to do, to make a poet excellent, but only want and discontent Picture Quote #1

The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious; what I discovered was the scientific method by which the unconscious can be studied Picture Quote #1

Poets are masters of us ordinary men, in knowledge of the mind, because they drink at streams which we have not yet made accessible to science Picture Quote #1

Nothing is quite as easy as using words like somebody else. We all of us do exactly this nearly all of the time - and whenever we do it, we are not poets Picture Quote #1

Time cannot children, poets, lovers tell - measure imagine, mystery, a kiss - not though mankind would rather know than feel Picture Quote #1

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The hills like poets put on purple thought against the magnificent clamor of day tortured in gold Picture Quote #1

Most of the poets of today have the spider's talent of spinning, but not her art of weaving Picture Quote #1

Poets don't run out of material the way novelists do because they don't depend on material in the same way Picture Quote #1

All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is Picture Quote #1

Marxism, famously a cry of pain rather than a science, has had its poets, but so has every other major religious heresy Picture Quote #1

We all fear loneliness, madness, dying. Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, Leopardi and Hart Crane will not cure those fears. And yet these poets bring us fire and light Picture Quote #1

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There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up? Picture Quote #1

If artists and poets are unhappy, it is after all because happiness does not interest them Picture Quote #1

Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public Picture Quote #1

Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences? Picture Quote #1

Poets do not go mad; but chess players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom Picture Quote #1

Alone! - that worn - out word, so idly spoken, and so coldly heard; yet all that poets sing and grief hath known of hopes laid waste, knells in that word alone! Picture Quote #1

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The truth is: nobody bothers to kill poets in America. It's enough to buy them in universities. Undead Picture Quote #1

Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets Picture Quote #1

Women are the simple, and poets the superior, artisans of language... The intervention of grammarians is almost always bad Picture Quote #1

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world Picture Quote #1

And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives Picture Quote #1

To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk rock performance poets Picture Quote #1

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Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker Picture Quote #1

But since he died, and poets better prove, theirs for their style I'll read, his for his love Picture Quote #1

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table Picture Quote #1

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean Picture Quote #1

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue Picture Quote #1

There has been a time on Earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone Picture Quote #1

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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different (Poets Quotes) And poets by their sufferings grow, as if there were no more to do, to make a poet excellent, but only want and discontent (Poets Quotes) The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious; what I discovered was the scientific method by which the unconscious can be studied (Poets Quotes) Poets are masters of us ordinary men, in knowledge of the mind, because they drink at streams which we have not yet made accessible to science (Poets Quotes) Nothing is quite as easy as using words like somebody else. We all of us do exactly this nearly all of the time - and whenever we do it, we are not poets (Poets Quotes) Time cannot children, poets, lovers tell - measure imagine, mystery, a kiss - not though mankind would rather know than feel (Poets Quotes) The hills like poets put on purple thought against the magnificent clamor of day tortured in gold (Poets Quotes) Most of the poets of today have the spider's talent of spinning, but not her art of weaving (Poets Quotes) Poets don't run out of material the way novelists do because they don't depend on material in the same way (Poets Quotes) All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is (Poets Quotes) Marxism, famously a cry of pain rather than a science, has had its poets, but so has every other major religious heresy (Poets Quotes) We all fear loneliness, madness, dying. Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, Leopardi and Hart Crane will not cure those fears. And yet these poets bring us fire and light (Poets Quotes) There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up? (Poets Quotes) If artists and poets are unhappy, it is after all because happiness does not interest them (Poets Quotes) Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public (Poets Quotes) Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences? (Poets Quotes) Poets do not go mad; but chess players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom (Poets Quotes) Alone! - that worn - out word, so idly spoken, and so coldly heard; yet all that poets sing and grief hath known of hopes laid waste, knells in that word alone! (Poets Quotes) The truth is: nobody bothers to kill poets in America. It's enough to buy them in universities. Undead (Poets Quotes) Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets (Poets Quotes) Women are the simple, and poets the superior, artisans of language... The intervention of grammarians is almost always bad (Poets Quotes) Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world (Poets Quotes) And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives (Poets Quotes) To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk rock performance poets (Poets Quotes) Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker (Poets Quotes) But since he died, and poets better prove, theirs for their style I'll read, his for his love (Poets Quotes) I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table (Poets Quotes) I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean (Poets Quotes) When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue (Poets Quotes) There has been a time on Earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone (Poets Quotes)

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