"A man should hear a little music,
Read a little poetry,
And see a fine picture every day of his life,
In order that worldly cares,
May not obliterate the sense of the beautiful,
Which God has implanted in the human soul."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~

"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."
~ Plato ~

"Poetry is when an emotion
Has found its thought
And the thought has found words."
~ Robert Frost ~

"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn."
~ Thomas Gray ~

"Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful,
That which is distorted."
~ Percy Bysshe Shelley ~

Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge.
~ William Wordsworth ~

The true philosopher and the true poet are one,
And a beauty, which is truth, and a truth,
Which is beauty, is the aim of both.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~