The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
-Jean Cocteau
Quotations
Poet
A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.
-Jay Z
"Decoded"
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.
-George Sand
Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young.
-Antoine De Saint Exupéry
The poet is much more the one who inspires, than the one who is inspired.
-Paul Éluard
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
Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.
-Jean Cocteau
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
-Plato
I don't create poetry, I create myself, for me my poems are a way to me.
-Edith Södergran
