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Poetry Is Quotes (page 15)

The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write, while very few men are taught to draw or paint or write music. W. H. Auden
The purpose of the poetry is not to dazzle us with an astonishing thought, but to make one moment of existence unforgettable and worthy of unbearable nostalgia. Milan Kundera
The poet wishes to strike beautiful notes, not new notes... To ask or expect a poet to strike a new note in poetry is exactly like asking or expecting the Nightengale to strike a new note in her perennial song. Alfred Douglas
My HeartI'm not going to cry all the timenor shall I laugh all the time, I don't prefer one "strain" to another. I'd have the immediacy of a bad movie, not just a sleeper, but also the big, overproduced first-run kind. I want to be at least as alive as the vulgar. And if some aficionado of my mess says "That's not like Frank!," all to the good! I don't wear brown and grey suits all the time, do I? No. I wear workshirts to the opera, often. I want my feet to be bare, I want my face to be... Frank O'Hara
Charles Bukowski quote: "I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t..."
I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness. Charles Bukowski
Oscar Wilde quote: "All bad poetry is sincere."
All bad poetry is sincere. Oscar Wilde
Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor. Oscar Wilde
I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day. Charlotte Bronte
Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived... Poems on the Underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos. Andrew Motion
Robert Morgan quote: "The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than..."
The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English. Robert Morgan
Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back. Robert Morgan
One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime. Robert Morgan
Thom Gunn quote: "My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to..."
My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. Thom Gunn
Gustave Flaubert quote: "All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry..."
All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. Gustave Flaubert
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field..."
Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. Theodore Sturgeon

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