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
Quotations
Poet
The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood.
-Jean Cocteau
"Le Rappel á l'ordre"
A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.
-Søren Kierkegaard
"Fear And Trembling; Repetition"
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
-Plato
Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young.
-Antoine De Saint Exupéry
Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
The poet is much more the one who inspires, than the one who is inspired.
-Paul Éluard
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
-Jean Cocteau
A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.
-Criss Jami
Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.
-Jean Cocteau
