A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
-René Char
Quotations
Poet
Always be a poet, even in prose.
-Charles Baudelaire
A few moments in a poet’s company teach us more about the essence of art than many a lecture and books.
-Etinne Gilsun
A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.
-Søren Kierkegaard
"Fear And Trembling; Repetition"
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.
-Derek Walcott
The poet is much more the one who inspires, than the one who is inspired.
-Paul Éluard
I don't create poetry, I create myself, for me my poems are a way to me.
-Edith Södergran
All good poems are victories over something.
-Stephen Dunn
A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.
-Criss Jami
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows.
-Edmund Burke
