A few moments in a poet’s company teach us more about the essence of art than many a lecture and books.
-Etinne Gilsun
Quotations
Poet
The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood.
-Jean Cocteau
"Le Rappel á l'ordre"
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
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
Poets are damned… but see with the eyes of angels.
-Allen Ginsberg
Always be a poet, even in prose.
-Charles Baudelaire
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
Poets are never unemployed, just unpaid.
-Kathy Skaggs
Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.
-Jean Cocteau
