Quotations
Poet

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.
- Alfred De Musset

A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.
- Jay Z

A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.
- H. L. Mencken

Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young.
- Antoine De Saint Exupéry

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
- T. S. Eliot

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.
- Criss Jami

Poets are damned… but see with the eyes of angels.
- Allen Ginsberg

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
- Jean Cocteau

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
- Jean Cocteau

A few moments in a poet’s company teach us more about the essence of art than many a lecture and books.
- Etinne Gilsun

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