"The poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which we may see." ~ Robert Penn Warren
Poetry is a peerless proficiency of the imagination. ~ Marianne Moore
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. ~ T.S. Eliot
Babies are not brought by storks and poets are not produced by workshops. ~ James Fenton
There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money either. ~ Robert Graves
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. ~ W.H. Auden
A poet can survive everything but a misprint. ~ Oscar Wilde
Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves. ~ T.S. Eliot
Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head. Guard your good mood. Listen to music every day, joke, and love and read more for fun, especially poetry. ~ Meryl Streep