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" A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. "

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" Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. "

Jose Ortega y Gasset

" The muse, the beloved, and duende are three ways of thinking of what is the source of poetry, and all three seem to me different names or different ways to think about something that is not entirely reasonable, not entirely subject to the will, not entirely rational. "

" A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. "

" A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be. "

" Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent. "

" England has always been disinclined to accept human nature. "

" I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order. "

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

" If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty. "

Rainer Maria Rilke

" Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. "

" 'Hamilton' is, of course, closely tied to the Obamas because Lin first performed the opening number at a White House poetry jam. "

" In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty. "

" I read poetry to save time. "

" I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people. "

" A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. "

Percy Bysshe Shelley

" I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country. "

" Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. "

" I write the occasional poem. I think my dabbling in poetry makes me better at screenplays. Poetry teaches the value of condensing, the importance of talking in a few words. "

" I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike. "

" Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process. "

Franz Grillparzer

" It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny. "

Earl Sweatshirt

" The commitment to working at poetry is important because a poet is a maker, and a poem is a made thing. We have to honor our feelings by working to transform them into something meaningful and lasting. "

" I have been enlightened. I have fallen into poetry and it has swallowed me up. "

" One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves. "

" Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody. "

" There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always remembers that it has its origins in music. "

" I admire 'Adventure Time' for being a piece of art in the way that I think art should be. If you want to see it is poetry, you can, and if you don't, you can watch a fun cartoon. "

" When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous. "

" The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink. "

" I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic. "