I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.
-Pablo Neruda
Quotations
Poet
A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.
-Criss Jami
I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own.
-Dejan Stojanović
Poets create gods, philosophers destroy them.
-Marty Rubin
A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.
-Søren Kierkegaard
"Fear And Trembling; Repetition"
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows.
-Edmund Burke
Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood.
-Jean Cocteau
"Le Rappel á l'ordre"
A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.
-H. L. Mencken
It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem.
-Dejan Stojanović
