Quotes by Poet When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring. Alister E. McGrath virtue poet teaching Scientist alone is true poet. Allen Ginsberg scientist poet Poets are Damned... but See with the Eyes of Angels. Allen Ginsberg poet angel eye In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem. Allen Tate poet knowing talking Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a ham actor, not a poet. Allen Tate ham poet actors Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results. Allen Tate poet men way I think most poets are natural witnesses and were curious about everything. Allison Hedge Coke curious poet thinking Sad is his lot, who, once at least in his life, has not been a poet. Alphonse de Lamartine poet poetry I think it's hard to be taken seriously as a poet, period. Amber Tamblyn poet taken thinking RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem. Ambrose Bierce indifference poet differences Warriors are poets and poems and all the loveliness here in the worlds. Amiri Baraka warrior poet world Poets are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard of life. It is for this reason that their recognition comes so slowly. Amy Lowell recognition poet literature Only those of our poets who kept solidly to the Shakespearean tradition achieved any measure of success. But Keats was the last great exponent of that tradition, and we all know how thin, how lacking in charm, the copies of Keats have become. Amy Lowell tradition poet lasts You are the poet, you walk inside my dreams. Anais Nin poet walks dream Only when the poet and the scientist work in unison will we have living experiences and knowledge of the marvels of the universe as they are being discovered. Anais Nin scientist poet science Everyone wants to be open and inclusive, but nobody wants to pay for it. It's the biggest roadblock to translating living writers, especially poets. Andre Naffis-Sahely poet want pay But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others. Andrew Motion wordsworth admire poet Who could imagine a poet wearing anything other than black? Ann Demeulemeester imagine poet black He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet. Anne Carson gertrude difficult poet Frequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through the broken places. Anne Lamott invisible poet broken «1234567891011»