Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. Virginia Woolf
Poetry: the best words in the best order. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The poet doesn’t invent. He listens. Jean Cocteau
There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money either. Robert Graves
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost
Breathe in experience, breathe out poetry. Muriel Rukeyser
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration. Ernest Hemingway
Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. Marianne Moore
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Plutarch
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. T. S. Eliot
Not all poetry wants to be storytelling. And not all storytelling wants to be poetry. But great storytellers and great poets share something in common: They had something to say, and did. Sarah Kay
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. Thomas Gray
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. T. S. Eliot
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. Paul Valery
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Kahlil Gibran
Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture. Helen Hayes
Poetry creates the myth, the prose writer draws its portrait. Jean-Paul Sartre
Poetry is an act of peace. Pablo Neruda
