Poetry Quotes - Page : 3

H L Mencken: "A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child." # Poetry and Poets # Age and Aging # Children

Mark Twain: "All schools, all colleges have two great functions to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge. - Notebook, 1908" # Poetry and Poets

Kahlil Gibran: "Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary." # Poetry and Poets

Don Marquis: "Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo." # Poetry and Poets # Friends and Friendship # Books - Reading

Pablo Picasso: "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal." # Poetry and Poets # Maturity # Plagiarism

Carl Sandburg: "Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance." # Poetry and Poets # Dance and Dancing # Friends and Friendship

Voltaire : "Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read." # Poetry and Poets # Books - Reading # Truth

Jean Cocteau: "A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses." # Poetry and Poets # Education # Books - Reading

Christopher Morley: "The courage of the poets is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness." # Poetry and Poets # Courage # Leaders and Leadership

Coming to America: "Reverend Brown Girl, you look so good, someone ought to put you on a plate and sop you up with a biscuit." # Poetry and Poets