#poe

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#daylight #does #man #monster #normal

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#believed #better #ever #existed #himself

Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#butcher #dream #equal #escape #geniuses

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time. ↗

— Bruce Cockburn

#around #composing #hadn #i #loved

The poet doesn't invent. He listens. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#invent #listens #poet

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#asks #believed #never #poet #wants

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#being #being misunderstood #misunderstood #poet #through

If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination. ↗

— David Allan Coe

#class #ever #haggard #joe #merle

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#even #flattering #poet #response #silence

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#call #certain #dangerous #description #give