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" It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal. "

Carol Ann Duffy

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" Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. "

William Hazlitt

" Poetry can tell us about what's going on in our lives - not only our personal but our social and political lives. "

Juan Felipe Herrera

" I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there. "

" I don't feel like a celebrity. Poetry justifies celebrity. It's good to have respect for a poet. "

" When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. "

" You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. "

" Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to help them with those feelings. "

Mattie Stepanek

" I've been writing since I was 10 or 11. I started with poetry because that was the easiest thing. It just kind of came naturally. I think at that time West Coast hip hop was huge; all these kids around me were like, 'I want to be a rapper.' But I'm a white girl, not going to be a rapper. "

" Elaine Equi has been publishing her observant, often playful poetry for some 30 years, extending and deepening the range of her intrinsically wry voice. "

" If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. "

" The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do. "

" As we produce work that becomes pure poetry, we impact and influence our teammates, we wow our suppliers, we inspire customers and strangers. And we lead our industry. "

Robin S. Sharma

" I'm so happy to be an advocate for poetry. "

" It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too. "

" Sylvia Plath, Rumi, there's a lot of spoken word poets who do a really incredible job putting their spoken work into page poetry - that's what I strive to do. "

" I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. "

" The moment of inspiration can come from memory, or language, or the imagination, or experience - anything that makes an impression forcibly enough for language to form. "

Carol Ann Duffy

" Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home. "

" The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is. "

Carol Ann Duffy

" When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else. "

" Making love is, simply put, poetry in motion. "

" In much of computer science, I can easily 'auto-grade' your work and give you an instant meaningful feedback. I can't do this when it comes to the subtlety of human thought, language, poetry, philosophy. "

Sebastian Thrun

" I can be upset by malice. Most critics are very poor poets. Poetry is a craft that takes a lot to appreciate, and there are some critics who have no ear for it. An irresponsible critic can do a lot of psychic damage, but eventually, they don't affect your work. "

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

" San Diego shaped me a lot. The visual landscapes, the emotional panoramas, the teachers and mentors I had from the third grade through San Diego High - it's all a big part of the poetry fountain that I continue to drink from. "

Juan Felipe Herrera

" How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see? "

Maria Montessori

" I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now. "

" Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you. "

" The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does. "

" I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times. "

Carol Ann Duffy