All Quotes By Tag: Poets
“A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.”
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“Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.”
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“The poet, therefore, is truly the thief of fire.He is responsible for humanity, for animals even; he will have to make sure his visions can be smelled, fondled, listened to; if what he brings back from beyond has form, he gives it form; if it has none, he gives it none. A language must be found…of the soul, for the soul and will include everything: perfumes, sounds colors, thought grappling with thought”
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“i want to be in love with youthe same wayi am in love with the moonwith the lightshiningout of its soul.”
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“a flower knows, when its butterfly will return, and if the moon walks out, the sky will understand;but now it hurts, to watch you leave so soon,when I don’t know, if you will ever come back.”
“A poet’s work . . . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.”
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“To hear never-heard sounds, To see never-seen colors and shapes, To try to understand the imperceptible Power pervading the world; To fly and find pure ethereal substances That are not of matter But of that invisible soul pervading reality. To hear another soul and to whisper to another soul; To be a lantern in the darkness Or an umbrella in a stormy day; To feel much more than know. To be the eyes of an eagle, slope of a mountain; To be a wave understanding the influence of the moon; To be a tree and read the memory of the leaves; To be an insignificant pedestrian on the streets Of crazy cities watching, watching, and watching. To be a smile on the face of a woman And shine in her memory As a moment saved without planning.”
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“Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.”
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“To fall in love with someone’s thoughts – the most intimate, splendid romance.”
“in a worldfull oftemporary thingsyou area perpetual feeling.”
“Poets are damned… but see with the eyes of angels.”
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“We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.”
“i have laughedmore than daffodilsand cried more than June.”