Top 472 Poetry Quotes

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

Misha Collins

Existential philosophy, poetry and art - just like sadness - were all unavoidable to a tender young man in the meat works.

Existential philosophy, poetry and art - just like sadness - were all unavoidable to a tender young man in the meat works.

Michael Leunig

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

John Updike

Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time.

Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time.

Mary Karr

What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced that, but you've expressed it so much better.'

What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced that, but you've expressed it so much better.'

Giles Andreae

I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator.

I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator.

Allen Ginsberg

Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously.

Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously.

Asghar Farhadi

I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings.

Anne Stevenson

The major poets of New Jersey have all suffered, whether it's Whitman, who lost his job for 'Leaves of Grass,' or William Carlos Williams, who was called a communist, or Ginsberg, whose 'Howl' was prosecuted, or myself. If you practise poetry the way I think it needs to be done, you're going to put yourself in jeopardy.

Amiri Baraka

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

Anna Jameson

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