Adrian Mitchell Quotes

Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.

I read poetry every day. I love the boiled down essence of poetry. I look for poetry in prose. In a way that evocative.

Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time.

Poetry is no more a narcotic than a stimulant; it is a universal bittersweet mixture for all possible household emergencies and its action varies accordingly as it is taken in a wineglass or a tablespoon, inhaled, gargled or rubbed on the chest by hard fingers covered with rings.

Poetry is either language lit up by life or life lit up by language

Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.

By poetry we mean the art of employing of words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination; the art of doing by means of words, what the painter does by means of colors.

I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.

Poetry -- even bad poetry -- may be our final hope.

we need poetry most at those moments when life astounds us with losses, gains, or celebrations. We need it most when we are most hurt, most happy, most downcast, most jubilant. Poetry is the language we speak in times of greatest need. And the fact that it is an endangered species in our culture tells us that we are in deep trouble.

Poetry is not only the most concise way of conveying the human experience; it also offers the highest possible standards for any linguistic operation.

What is literature but the expression of moods by the vehicle of symbol and incident?

Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense (Spence, Anecdotes

Poetry is easier to learn than prose. Once you have learned it you can use it as a light and a laser. It shows up your true situation and it helps you cut through it.

Poetry is the statement of a relation between a man and the world

It is poetry that changes everything.

Poetry is a verdict rather than an intention.

Poetry is the most bodily of the arts.

I do not think [poetry] is more, or less, necessary than food, shelter, health, education, decent working conditions. It is as necessary.

All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.

Poetry is language in orbit.

Poetry fettered fetters the human race.