When power leads man toward arrogance poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts poetry cleanses.

Pure mathematics is in its way the poetry of logical ideas.

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings and making music with them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

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

Poetry is thoughts that breathe and words that burn.

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

Even when poetry has a meaning as it usually has it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.