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- Most joyful the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see. - William E. Channing
- The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less reconciling and healing than the poet who, while endowing Nature and Humanity, rejoices in its measureless superiority to human passions and human sorrows.
- Berenson
- Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.
- Jean Anouilh (1910 - 1987)
- Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.
- Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
- Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
- The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.
- Frederick William Robertson
- The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry.
- L. Schefer
- When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Amherst College, Honoring Robert Frost
- I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion.
- Zona Gale
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