Top 472 Poetry Quotes

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world.

Peter Davison

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

Paul Dirac

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

Joyce Carol Oates

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.

Andres Segovia

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

Caroline Kennedy

The founding father of Albanian literature is the nineteenth-century writer Naim Frasheri. Without having the greatness of Dante or Shakespeare, he is nonetheless the founder, the emblematic character. He wrote long epic poems, as well as lyrical poetry, to awaken the national consciousness of Albania.

Ismail Kadare

For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.

For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.

Giorgos Seferis

I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life.

I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life.

Saul Williams

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

Leonard Cohen

Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it.

Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it.

Maurice Druon

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