Quotes About Artistry

I shall, in due time, be a Poet.

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

I earn more than I thought I would when I became a poet.

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool.

As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.

And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many years, sometimes only for a while. This happens to everybody.

I can't believe there is a poet who hasn't eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next day deciding it was sheer lunacy. It's part of the process of selection.

I'm a poet first and foremost, before the modelling.

It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet.

The poet has no greater number of muscles than the ordinary conversationalist; he merely has more highly developed muscles and better coordination. And he practises his activity according to a stricter set of rules.

I like bringing my poet brain and sensibility to lyrics I write.

Nas' longevity comes from him having strong lyrical value in his songs, him being more like a poet and improving over time.

There was no real poet in the band, but we tried.

I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director. 'Poet' covers it all for me.

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

My father, composer Sardar Malik, used to say that a good musician should always try to imbibe good poetry. One reason why today's songs don't have a shelf life is because of inane lyrics.

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

I know who the great poets are.

San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.

Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent.

Poets take themselves very seriously.