Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.
Poetry Quotes
Poetry is adjectives expressed in nouns.
Vex not thou the poet’s mind With thy shallow wit: Vex not thou the poet’s mind; For thou canst not fathom it.
Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what “must become.”… Words are the only bullets in truth’s bandoleer. And poets are the snipers.
The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly on the page, in proportion, as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them.
All men have poetry in their hearts, and it is necessary for them, as much as possible, to express their feelings. For this they must have a medium, moving and pliant, which can refreshingly become their own, age after age. All great languages undergo change. Those languages which resist the spirit of change are doomed […]
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech.
In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.
A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around him.
Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
