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
Quotations
Poet
Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.
-Jean Cocteau
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
-René Char
Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.
-Alfred De Musset
"Le Poète déchu"
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
-Jean Cocteau
Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.
-Derek Walcott
Always be a poet, even in prose.
-Charles Baudelaire
A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.
-H. L. Mencken
A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.
-Criss Jami
