If Rilke cut himself shaving, he would bleed poetry. - Stephen Spe

If Rilke cut himself shaving, he would bleed poetry. – Stephen Spender, about Rainer Maria Rilke

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis

Category:
Poetry

My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time. – Herschel Walker

Category:
Poetry

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. Its that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, thats what the poet does. – Allen Ginsberg

Category:
Poetry

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people. – Adrian Mitchell

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. – Calvin Trillin

Category:
Cooking

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself. – Alberta Hunter

Category:
Faith

But, on another level its really sort of this really cool coming of age story, it reminds me of like The Breakfast Club or something like that, if I can be so bold to associate with The Breakfast Club. – Will Estes

Category:
cool

This thing with everyone knowing you, its weird, because people have this one-sided relationship where they look at your picture and feel they know you more than someone they actually know. I dont really know myself that well. – Robert Pattinson

Category:
relationship