Logo
Quote by John Drinkwater
Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though th

Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course. – John Drinkwater

Other quotes by John Drinkwater

We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order – poetry and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible. – John Drinkwater

Category:
Poetry
Author
John Drinkwater
Read Quote

But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. – John Drinkwater

Category:
Poetry
Author
John Drinkwater
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life. – William Rose Benet

Category:
Poetry

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table. – Paul Auster

Category:
Poetry

Im looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long. – Angela Sarafyan

Category:
Poetry

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession. He requires whatever it needs to be completely his own master. – Robert Graves, Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art, 1946

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

Health is the core of human development. – Gro Harlem Brundtland

Category:
Health

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us. – Robinson Jeffers

Category:
Nature

You know, we dont look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent. – Leigh Steinberg

Category:
Sports

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. – Thomas Carlyle

Category:
Seasons