"There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing."

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"There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing."

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"A poet often lives in an enchanted land where he sees things not with his eyes but with his feelings."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Poetry, Imagination, Feelings, Vision

"I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests."

Pablo Neruda, Chilean Writer

Poetry, Rain, Voice

"Sometimes poets expect me to think far deeper than I'm willing to dig."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Poetry, Wisdom, Truth, Inspirational, Knowledge

"He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically."Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. He grinned at us, waiting for applause. "That last line was four syllables. Artemis said. Apollo frowned. "Was it? "No, no, that's six syllable, hhhm. He started muttering to himself. That's five syllables! He bowed, looking very pleased with himself."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Poetry, Humor, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own."

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian Author

Poetry, Feeling

"Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?"

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Poetry, Emotion, Inspirational, Art

"Writing poems is simply an excuse to remember You."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Poetry, Love, Memory, Writing

"It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Poetry, Songs

"Only a seer or a lover would know that I'm making a jewelry of words for you -drawn from your essence -to flash and burn with your fire -so you can bedazzle with your own light ..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Poetry, Love, Passion, Creativity, Essence

"It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Poetry, Movement, Memory, Time

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"The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation."

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"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."

Time

"It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture.""

Music

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."

People

"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."

Play

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"We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life."

Business

"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

First

"We need not destroy the past. It is gone."

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"When we separate music from life we get art."

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