When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. -John F. Kennedy
No man can read Hardy's poems collected but that his own life, and forgotten moments of it, will come back to him, in a flash here and an hour there. Have you a better test of true poetry? -Ezra Pound
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. -Plato
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason. -Novalis
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. -Thomas Hardy
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. -G.K. Chesterton