Poetry Is Quotes

Poetry Is Quote of the day

Before you came the world was prose. Now poetry is born.

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but for the dismantling of wisdom

For every poet it is always morning in the world; history a forgotten, insomniac night. The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world in spite of history.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it.

The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.

Poetry is that / which arrives at the intellect / by way of the heart.

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world.

As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes; and as poetry is a rise above prose and oratory, so is music the exaltation of poetry.

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.

Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person’s life.

Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science

He who writes poetry is not a poet. He whose poetry has become his life, and who has made his life his poetry - it is he who is a poet.

What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe

Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success.

Real poetry is a party, a wild party, a party where anything might happen. A party from which you may never return home.

Poetry is priceless.... a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you're quite poor.

The aim of science is to make difficult things understandable in a simpler way; the aim of poetry is to state simple things in an incomprehensible way. The two are incompatible.

Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Poetry is philosophy's sister, the one that wears makeup.

Poetry is either language lit up by life or life lit up by language

The true subject of poetry is the loss of the beloved.

Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it.

Aviation is poetry ... It's the finest kind of moving around, you know, just as poetry is the finest way of using words.

Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

Sometimes my poetry is an attempt to keep off existential terror; sometimes it is a grappling with philosophical problems; sometimes just fun.

The beauty of poetry is that the creation transcends the poet.

Poetry is a mystic, sensuous mathematics of fire, smoke-stacks, waffles, pansies, people, and purple sunsets.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

[My poetry is] a way of coming to grips with reality . . . a way of discovery and definition. It is a way of solving for the unknowns.

Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.

Poetry is what is gained in translation.

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy

To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment

Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.

The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.

For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

My poetry is a game. My life is a game. But I am not a game.

Poetry, in the past, was the center of our society, but with modernity it has retreated to the outskirts. I think the exile of poetry is also the exile of the best of humankind.