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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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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director. 'Poet' covers it all for me.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1971, when I was 29, I wrote my first volume of poetry. I am a poet, and I have published four books of my poems.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What made me a comedian was that I wasn't really a songwriter, I was more of a poet.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes wrote that beauty is fundamental. Well, with the poet's permission, so is courage.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and the thought of his own.
- Muse
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- Nov 07, 2020
And muse on Nature with a poet's eye.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious.
- China
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China.
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- Nov 07, 2020