Robert Frost Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.
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Acting isn't a singular profession, it is a collaborate profession.
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The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
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A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
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A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
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Singing is my profession - there is no plan B.
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I shall, in due time, be a Poet.
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I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.
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Hollywood does tend to portray CIA officers as totally the honey trap. Looks matter as they do in any profession. But the most important thing for me when I was working was blending into my environment.
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All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.
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My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.
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I think every revolutionary act is an act of love. Every song that I've written, it is because of my desire to use music as a way to empower and re-humanize people who are living in a dehumanizing setting. The song is in order to better the human condition.
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The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious.
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A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.
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No matter what you do, no matter what your profession is, no matter how old you are, everybody deals with haters,
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What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.
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I wouldn't be happy about being considered a love poet or an environmental - I don't want any of those tags.
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Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.
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I don't think I ever had a morning where I woke up and said I'm going to be a professional poet. I know I've always loved poetry, I've always loved writing poetry and I've always loved sharing poetry. I've also always known that I wanted that to somehow be a very large part of my life and I'm very fortunate that it's such a large part of my life.
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For a very great many years, I asked this question: ‘To communicate or not to communicate?’ If one got himself in such thorough trouble by communication, then of course one should stop communicating. But this is not the case. If one gets himself into trouble by communicating, he should further communicate. More communication, not less, is the answer.
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To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.
