Quotations
Poet

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
- Jean Cocteau

A few moments in a poet’s company teach us more about the essence of art than many a lecture and books.
- Etinne Gilsun

It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem.
- Dejan Stojanović

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.
- Edmond De Goncourt

The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood.
- Jean Cocteau

The poet is much more the one who inspires, than the one who is inspired.
- Paul Éluard

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.
- Criss Jami

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.
- Derek Walcott

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
- Plato

All good poems are victories over something.
- Stephen Dunn

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