Quotes by Great Poet No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet. Claude Monet great-poet painter poet All great poetry is dipped in the dyes of the heart. Edith Sitwell great-poet poetry heart There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry. Edward Hirsch great-poet poet reader All that is best in the great poets of all countries is not what is national in them, but what is universal. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow great-poet poet country You can't be too influenced by a great poet. You simply have to live through it. Kenneth Koch great-poet poet A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation. Ludwig van Beethoven great-poet poetic jewels Great Poets discover themselves. Little Poets have to be 'discovered' by somebody else. Marie Corelli great-poet poet littles After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths. Robert Louis Stevenson great-poet poetic truth I'm not a great poetry fan. Rupert Everett great-poet great-poetry fans Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. Stephen Spender great-poet poetry can-do Good poets borrow, great poets steal T. S. Eliot great-poet stealing poet One can be a great poet and be politically stupid. Umberto Eco great-poet poet stupid