Poetry Quotes - page 63

We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order - poetry; and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible. (John Drinkwater)
It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. View quote
John Drinkwater
If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. View quote
John Drinkwater
It's always good to show that poetry isn't the little depressed lyric people believe it to be, that it's something bigger. View quote
John Fuller
I'm not sure about prizes. I don't know how far you can seriously raise public consciousness about poetry. Having a 'National Poetry Day,' like a 'No Smoking Day,' is just shelving the problem. Things which should by rights be every day are not best served by these things. View quote
John Fuller
When I began, poetry was very academic. You published little pamphlets from fancy presses. It was rather... chaste. There wasn't much public reading. Then there was poetry and jazz, which I don't think worked, though I love jazz. View quote
John Fuller
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. View quote
John Holmes
In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don't care about my cinema. In Europe they don't know my poetry; in Europe, I am a filmmaker. But here, in the United States, I am only a maverick! View quote
Jonas Mekas
In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre; they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc. View quote
Juan Goytisolo
Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to poetry, for instance. Despite having studied it into a second year of university, most of it just leaves me cold. View quote
Julian Baggini
And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore. (Julianna Baggott)
I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet. View quote
Justin Townes Earle
I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across. View quote
Justin Townes Earle
My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images. View quote
James Broughton
The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy. View quote
James Broughton
In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets. View quote
James Broughton
For me, prose walks, poetry dances. View quote
James Broughton
Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is. View quote
James Broughton
Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. View quote
James Buchan
The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful. View quote
K'naan
You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll be a theme board where the categories are all Hitchcock movies. Lots more jokes, lots more high-concept categories and questions. (Ken Jennings)
I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but it's not. View quote
Kenneth Koch
I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that was a wonderful little, fizzy sort of world. View quote
Kenneth Koch
I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed on their offer. I told my agent this is our vision, and no one's done it this way. View quote
Kenny Loggins
I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable. View quote
Kevin Powers