Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.

Quote by Alphonse Daudet

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Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.

Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly...

The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.

Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...