Poetry Quotes

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Poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import th

Poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of nature of universals, whereas those of history are of singulars

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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

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The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach

The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.

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I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.

I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.

William Shakespeare

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Meredith is a prose Browning, and so is Browning. He used po

Meredith is a prose Browning, and so is Browning. He used poetry as a medium for writing in prose.

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Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the min

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.

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When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderfu

When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences.

Caroline Kennedy

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Poetry lies its way to the truth.

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

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Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadl

Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day

Charles Dickens

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If this is my day of harvest, in what fields have I sowed th

If this is my day of harvest, in what fields have I sowed the seed, and in what unremembered seasons?

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If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

Emily Dickinson

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I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individ

I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I have friend who like poets who just don't say anything to me at all, I mean they seem to me rather ordinary and pedestrian.

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I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideli

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.

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Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. N

Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.

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The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

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Poetry is the special medium of spiritual crazy wisdom, the

Poetry is the special medium of spiritual crazy wisdom, the form of expression that comes closest to creating a bridge between words and what is wordless.

Wes ''Scoop'' Nisker

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Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be des

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

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Inside every man there is a poet who died young.

Inside every man there is a poet who died young.

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The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea spli

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.

Stephane Mallarme

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There is only beauty -- and it has only one perfect expressi

There is only beauty -- and it has only one perfect expression -- poetry. All the rest is a lie --except for those who live by the body, love, and, that love of the mind, friendship. For me, Poetry takes the place of love, because it is enamored of itself, and because its sensual delight falls back deliciously in my soul.

Stephane Mallarme

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