Top 472 Poetry Quotes

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

John Ruskin

I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...'

I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...'

Gary Oldman

The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.

The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.

Mark Knopfler

If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

Muhammad Iqbal

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.

The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.

Mahmoud Darwish

That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends.

That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends.

A. R. Ammons

The moment of change is the only poem.

The moment of change is the only poem.

Adrienne Rich

When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.

Joy Harjo

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

Azar Nafisi

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