What did Vicente Aleixandre mean by: Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses. - Vicente Aleixandre Poet · Spain Copy
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England