A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.
-Søren Kierkegaard
"Fear And Trembling; Repetition"
Quotations
Poet
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.
-H. L. Mencken
A few moments in a poet’s company teach us more about the essence of art than many a lecture and books.
-Etinne Gilsun
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
-Plato
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows.
-Edmund Burke
The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood.
-Jean Cocteau
"Le Rappel á l'ordre"
Poets are never unemployed, just unpaid.
-Kathy Skaggs
Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young.
-Antoine De Saint Exupéry
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
-René Char
