I had toward the poetic art a peculiar relation which was only practical after I had cherished in my mind for a long time a subject which possessed me, a model which inspired me, a predecessor who attracted me, until at length, after I had molded it in silence for years, something resulted which might […]
Poetry Quotes
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, which cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet and artist has actually expressed.
Poetry gets a good deal of neglect. That’s probably good for it. It’s the same with all the arts. They get a good deal of neglect – adversity. Nobody knows just how much is good for the arts.
The poet should size the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal.
All that is worth remembering of life is the poetry of it.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Who wants to understand the poem Must go to the land of poetry; Who wishes to understand the poet Must go to the poet’s land.
Writing poetry involves luck, skill, dedication, patience, and disappointment. The poet throws the bait of his experience into the sea of language and waits and works for the right collection of words to attach themselves to it.
Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.
Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest.
