684 Quotes About Poets

At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.

poets. have the toughest jobin the universe-of turning silenceinto eloquence.

When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write poetry at night are made for mediocre minds – like those horses that are equally good for saddle and carriage, the worst kind, that can neither jump a ditch nor pull a plow.

The pure playfulness of certain wholly whimsical portions of (Charles) Cros’s work should not obscure the fact that at the center of some of his most beautiful poems a revolver is leveled straight at us.

Through words to the meaning of thoughts with no words.

It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem.

To know why you fell in love will never bring you back up.

We must listen to poets.

Universe is the Sun watching its own self.