Quotes about Inspiration
The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.
— Samuel Johnson
Poetry is not a luxury.
— Audre Lorde
Ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.
— Nikki Giovanni
In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.
— Confucius
Writing poetry is a state of free float.
— Margaret Atwood
When Poetry thus keeps its place as the handmaiden of piety, it shall attain not a poor perishable wreath, but a crown that fadeth not away.
— John Wesley
Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.
— Aristotle
Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.
— William Wordsworth
Wordsworth went to the Lakes, but he was never a lake poet. He found in stones the sermons he had already hidden there.
— Oscar Wilde
Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person's eyes alone!
— Edith Schaeffer
Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit is free.
— Helen Keller