Quotes About Art

I'm a poet.

I've always had the wish, the need, and the obsession to become a public poet.

Anyone who holds a pen these days thinks he or she is a poet.

Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.

There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.

The object of poetic activity is essentially language: whatever his beliefs and convictions, the poet is more concerned with words than with what these words designate.

I may not be poetic but i'd love to write songs that convey my true feelings.

I was taught that poems don't end, they just kind of stop. There's never an ending to a poem; it's a continuation for later. When I write, I write for me, and I write in poetic form.

The crown of literature is poetry.

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

I used to do poetry in elementary school. I used to just write.

Making poetry with a camera - that's the essence of what I do.

I chose poetry. Actually, poetry chose me.

It's not easy to define poetry.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.