Quotations
Poet
A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.
- Søren Kierkegaard
I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.
- Pablo Neruda
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
- Jean Cocteau
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
- Plato
A few moments in a poet’s company teach us more about the essence of art than many a lecture and books.
- Etinne Gilsun
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
- Jean Cocteau
It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
- W. H. Auden
To have great poets there must be great audiences too.
- Walt Whitman
Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.
- Jean Cocteau
Not everyone who drinks is a poet. Some of us drink because we're not poets.
- Dudley Moore
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