Quotations
Poet
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 is a liar who always speaks the truth.
- Jean Cocteau
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
- Jean Cocteau
I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own.
- Dejan Stojanović
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
- Plato
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.
- Criss Jami
Poets are damned… but see with the eyes of angels.
- Allen Ginsberg
All good poems are victories over something.
- Stephen Dunn
To have great poets there must be great audiences too.
- Walt Whitman
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