A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.
-Criss Jami
Quotations
Poet
I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own.
-Dejan Stojanović
Heaven deliver us, what's a poet? Something that can't go to bed without making a song about it.
-Dorothy L. Sayers
"Busman's Honeymoon"
Poets create gods, philosophers destroy them.
-Marty Rubin
It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem.
-Dejan Stojanović
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
-Jean Cocteau
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.
-George Sand
A few moments in a poet’s company teach us more about the essence of art than many a lecture and books.
-Etinne Gilsun
The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood.
-Jean Cocteau
"Le Rappel á l'ordre"
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.
-Derek Walcott
