- Nov 07, 2020
Poet Quotes
On concentrated language and simply enjoying existence.
One line draws a clean distinction: a philosopher sets out to prove that the philosopher exists, while a poet is content merely enjoying existence without needing proof. Another recalls being drawn to poetry in college for its concentrated, otherworldly language. Related reading continues on Expression quotes.
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The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.
- Living
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
- Life
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To the poet, his travels, his adventures, his loves, his indignations are finally resolved in verse, and this, in the end becomes his permanent, indestructible life.
- Dangerous
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Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.
- Today
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All a poet can do today is warn.
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I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet.
- College
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
- He
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The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
- Exists
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