Quotes of: Epic-poetry Keyword

Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.

The Notebook

Poetry is, among other things, a criticism of language.

On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978

Complete - Yourself! Others may only enhance your completeness.

Lyrically Lost in Love: An Original Collection of Poetry

A good sentence in prose should be like a good line in poetry, unchangeable, as rhythmic, as sonorous.

Selected Letters

Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry.

Poems, 1960-1967

I covet truth; beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth.

Prose and Poetry

The esoteric finds the Absolute within the traditions, as poets find poetry within the poems.

The Transcendent Unity of Religions

Country music is the poetry of the American spirit.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

The poetry of love is the greatest gift God gave us.

Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom

Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.

Robert Morgan

I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he's going to write poetry or songs.

Roger Waters

The people need poetry that will be their own secret To keep them awake forever, And bathe them in the bright-haired wave of its breathing.

Osip Mandelstam

My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.

Sarah Kay

some of the best music was composed by Beethovan,but he was deaf,some of the best poetry of nature was written by Milton,but he was deaf.possible is always inside the impossible...

Shibin Mohammed

I have a book of poetry I believe many should read but in each verse you'll discover it wasn't written for greed.

Stanley Victor Paskavich

Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.

K.J. Parker

I've had it with these cheap sons of bitches who claim they love poetry but never buy a book.

Kenneth Rexroth

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

Lana Del Rey

I think that the habit of gloomy poetry is very funny. It’s like a special competition in losing.

Miroslav Holub

Poetry is a sort of truancy, a dream within the dream of life, a wild flower planted among our wheat.

Michael Oakeshott

What is beautiful enchants me. I mean not just physical beauty but a wider concept of beauty. There is beauty in poetry and in great musical or singing performances. There is beauty everywhere if you can just see it.

Andrea Bocelli