Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

A writer is an artist. They're creating things out of thin air.

Of all the arts poetry (which owes its origin almost entirely to genius and will least be guided by precept or example) maintains the first rank.

There is but one poetry,--true poetry.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Let me read you some of my poetry. My poetry just takes me to another level.

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art.

Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know.

The creative act amazes me. Whether it's poetry, whether it's music, it's an amazing process, and it has something to do with bringing forth the old out into the world to create and to bring forth that which will rejuvenate.

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.

Form is endlessly interesting to me, and I love poetry as a formal enterprise.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza.

The cliche is dead poetry.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

I like to stay artistic. So I always like to draw or write.

If I hadn't done 'Harry Potter,' I would have gone and done years of art. I really do love it, and I'd love to write.