Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.
-Alfred De Musset
"Le Poète déchu"
Quotations
Poet
The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it.
-Jane Kenyon
A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.
-Søren Kierkegaard
"Fear And Trembling; Repetition"
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows.
-Edmund Burke
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
-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
All good poems are victories over something.
-Stephen Dunn
Poets are never unemployed, just unpaid.
-Kathy Skaggs
Poets are damned… but see with the eyes of angels.
-Allen Ginsberg
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
-Jean Cocteau
