"I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world."

Poetry, Lonely, World, Years

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"For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican."

Stevie Smith, British Poet

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"How these words, wait to diein the arms of all the poetry..yet to be written."

Sanober Khan, Indian Businessman

Poetry, Word, Art, Creation

"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Poetry, Power, Arrogance, Concern

"Each drop that fell, had a story to tell.each smile that curved, said a million words.(Poem: Our Existence, Book: Ginger and Honey)"

Jasleen Kaur Gumber, Indian Writer

Poetry, Life, Art, Emotion, Expression

"A chronic poet should always be an inveterate nature-lover."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Poetry, Nature, Love, Life

"Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance."

John Keats, English Poet

Poetry, Thoughts, Remembrance

"It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Poetry, Nature, Sky, Spirit

"Old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"In America nothing dies easier than tradition."

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"Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity."

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"A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday."

Church, Morals, Politicians, President

"An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong."

Information, Misleading, Wrong

"People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure."

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"Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them."

Age, Children, Curiosity, Parents

"The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist."

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"For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming."

"I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican."

"How these words, wait to diein the arms of all the poetry..yet to be written."

"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

"Each drop that fell, had a story to tell.each smile that curved, said a million words.(Poem: Our Existence, Book: Ginger and Honey)"

"A chronic poet should always be an inveterate nature-lover."

"Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance."

"It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us."

"Old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."

"Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry."

Explore more quotes by Russell Baker

"In America nothing dies easier than tradition."

"Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity."

"A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday."

"An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong."

"People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure."

"Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it."

"Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it."

"People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately."

"Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them."

"The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist."