Quotes about Expression
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
Writing poetry is a state of free float.
— Margaret Atwood
Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.
— Aristotle
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
How poetry comes to the poet is a mystery.
— John Lennon
Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave.
— Robert Frost
The essence of poetry is will and passion.
— William Hazlitt
Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness.
— Cicero
If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets.
— Henry David Thoreau