Poet Quotes
On concentrated language and simply enjoying existence.
One line draws a clean distinction: a philosopher sets out to prove that the philosopher exists, while a poet is content merely enjoying existence without needing proof. Another recalls being drawn to poetry in college for its concentrated, otherworldly language. Related reading continues on Expression quotes.
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.
Creativity Quotes
To the poet, his travels, his adventures, his loves, his indignations are finally resolved in verse, and this, in the end becomes his permanent, indestructible life.
Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.
Emotion Quotes
I was a boy when I first realized that the fullest life liveable was a Poet's.
At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
Expression Quotes
The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.
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A poet's truest test, one line suggests, is being absorbed by their own country as fully as they absorbed it. For nearby themes, browse Creativity quotes or Insight quotes.
