When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. Use this quote
Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. Use this quote
He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion. Use this quote
It is a happy thing that there is no royal road to poetry. The world should know by this time that one cannot reach Parnassus except by flying thither. Use this quote
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. Use this quote
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. Use this quote
But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. Use this quote
I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. Use this quote
I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. Use this quote
It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope. Use this quote
I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan. Use this quote
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. Use this quote
Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race. Use this quote
Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the language that I've found myself living in much of the time. I think the two feed each other. Use this quote
Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say. Use this quote
Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse. Use this quote
Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence. Use this quote
Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself. Use this quote
I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry. Use this quote
Poetry is its own medium; it's very different than writing prose. Poetry can talk in an imagistic sense, it has particular ways of catching an environment. Use this quote
