“ Hours of solitude, hours of creation, hours of meditation. Solitude and meditation gave me an awareness, a perspective which I have never lost: that of solidarity with the rest of mankind. Vicente Aleixandre Poet
“ No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead. T. S. Eliot Playwright
“ Know that there is often hidden in us a dormant poet, always young and alive. Alfred De Musset Dramatist
“ Frequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through the broken places. Anne Lamott Novelist
“ Time eateth all things, could old poets say, The times are chang'd, our times drink all away. Benjamin Franklin Founding Father Of The United States
“ I thought originally when I was in school and I wanted to be a poet, I knew that poets seemed to be miserable. Billy Collins Poet