#poet

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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The woman poet must be either a sexless, reclusive eccentric, with nothing to say specifically to women, or a brilliant, tragic, tortured suicide. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

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Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science. ↗

— Robert Graves

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There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either. ↗

— Robert Graves

#either #money #then

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time. ↗

— Robert Graves

#idea #me #money #never #person

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession. ↗

— Robert Graves

#poet #profession #rather #than

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#comedian #great #like #me #musician

Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#deep #deep feeling #feeling #good #help

I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#bishop #elizabeth #francisco #i #imprisoned

My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. ↗

— Thom Gunn

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