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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.

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I shall, in due time, be a Poet.

Quotes by Ada Lovelace

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A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Quotes by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

Quotes by Yehuda Amichai

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The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.

Quotes by Yehudi Menuhin

Creativity Quotes

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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.

Quotes by Wislawa Szymborska

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No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

Quotes by William Temple

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Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

Quotes by William Shenstone

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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.

Quotes by William Jay Smith

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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.

Quotes by William E. Gladstone

Emotion Quotes

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I was a boy when I first realized that the fullest life liveable was a Poet's.

Quotes by Wilfred Owen

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.