Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. Amy Clampitt inclineinspiremad Change image and share on social
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam deephappinesshigh Change image and share on social
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours. Lascelles Abercrombie chieflycreationeasy share on social
I didn't read poetry seriously until college, when I really began to devour it in a very intense way. I also discovered that a poet is a maker. Before that, I thought a poet was someone who wrote about his own experiences. Edward Hirsch begincollegedevour share on social
Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. Elia Kazan actdirectionpoetry Change image and share on social
Usually, I am a compulsive person, and I need - sometimes urgently - to paint... Painting is close to poetry, is a kind of poetry expressed visually. It has to be spontaneous, rapid - at least in my case. Etel Adnan caseclosecompulsive share on social
Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are. Julio Cortazar arrivedreamplay Change image and share on social
Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way. Isaac Rosenberg poetryputread Change image and share on social
Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler. Mark Strand fillerlanguagepoetry Change image and share on social
The short story seems like the best of all possible worlds. I do feel it is closer to writing poetry than to writing a novel, with its requirements of concentration and economy. James Lasdun closeconcentrationeconomy Change image and share on social
