True poets are those who have received from God, together with the gift of expression, the power of penetrating further than others into the things of the heart and the life. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)
Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then we might even come to see that it is our veneration for what has already been created, however beautiful and valid it may be, that petrifies us. – Antonin Artaud
I shouldnt have got married. My dad told me. I was 35 and I got married. He said, Youre too young to be married. What? Im 35. Said, Youre far too young. You havent lived yet. He was right, bless him, thanks, Dad. – Rod Stewart
Its a question of keeping ones eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. Theyre watching me too, to see what my attitude is like. – Charles Dance
![[P]oetry shares our misery, it is agitated with all our uneasiness](/quote/oetry-shares-misery-agitated-with-uneasiness.jpg "[P]oetry shares our misery, it is agitated with all our uneasiness")
