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Poets Quotes

I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc Picture Quote #1

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that’s a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind Picture Quote #1

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace Picture Quote #1

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others Picture Quote #1

The violinist must possess the poets gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within Picture Quote #1

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Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent Picture Quote #1

Many poets write books. They’ll tell you: Well, I’ve got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me Picture Quote #1

When I began writing, I didn’t read any other children’s poets... I didn’t want to be influenced until I’d found my own voice. Now I read them all Picture Quote #1

The poet’s other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them Picture Quote #1

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature’s monotony. The sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed. The order which we find in nature, and which is only an effect of art, would at once vanish. Everything would break up in chaos. There would be no seasons, no civilization, no thought, no humanity; even life would give way, and the impotent void would reign everywhere Picture Quote #1

It is strange, how quickly people want to obligate their poets, as it were, on the exile Picture Quote #1

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Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness Picture Quote #1

Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest Picture Quote #1

For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them Picture Quote #1

America may have great poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one necromancer Picture Quote #1

When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble Picture Quote #1

I can’t look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do Picture Quote #1

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My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets 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

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings Picture Quote #1

I have learned so much from working with other poets, travelling and reading with them, spending days discussing poems in progress. There is the sense that we are all, as writers, part of something which is more powerful than any of us Picture Quote #1

My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me Picture Quote #1

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum Picture Quote #1

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They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn’t matter; certainly, not to me Picture Quote #1

I’m inspired by the poets, so I’m always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It’s the making of me... and also the downfall of me Picture Quote #1

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians Picture Quote #1

Many men of science and poets have in their own manner, by various ways and means, and aided by others, sought unceasingly to create a more tolerable world for everyone Picture Quote #1

I’ve had trouble with criticism, I guess. It’s hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them Picture Quote #1

I think one ages and one dates. I tend to have a good deal of difficulty in liking some of the new poets Picture Quote #1

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I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc (Poets Quotes) People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that’s a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated (Poets Quotes) Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind (Poets Quotes) We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace (Poets Quotes) Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others (Poets Quotes) The violinist must possess the poets gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within (Poets Quotes) Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent (Poets Quotes) Many poets write books. They’ll tell you: Well, I’ve got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me (Poets Quotes) When I began writing, I didn’t read any other children’s poets... I didn’t want to be influenced until I’d found my own voice. Now I read them all (Poets Quotes) The poet’s other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them (Poets Quotes) Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature’s monotony. The sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed. The order which we find in nature, and which is only an effect of art, would at once vanish. Everything would break up in chaos. There would be no seasons, no civilization, no thought, no humanity; even life would give way, and the impotent void would reign everywhere (Poets Quotes) It is strange, how quickly people want to obligate their poets, as it were, on the exile (Poets Quotes) Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness (Poets Quotes) Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest (Poets Quotes) For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them (Poets Quotes) America may have great poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one necromancer (Poets Quotes) When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble (Poets Quotes) I can’t look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do (Poets Quotes) My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets (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 (Poets Quotes) Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings (Poets Quotes) I have learned so much from working with other poets, travelling and reading with them, spending days discussing poems in progress. There is the sense that we are all, as writers, part of something which is more powerful than any of us (Poets Quotes) My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me (Poets Quotes) As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum (Poets Quotes) They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn’t matter; certainly, not to me (Poets Quotes) I’m inspired by the poets, so I’m always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It’s the making of me... and also the downfall of me (Poets Quotes) Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians (Poets Quotes) Many men of science and poets have in their own manner, by various ways and means, and aided by others, sought unceasingly to create a more tolerable world for everyone (Poets Quotes) I’ve had trouble with criticism, I guess. It’s hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them (Poets Quotes) I think one ages and one dates. I tend to have a good deal of difficulty in liking some of the new poets (Poets Quotes)

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