Great poet Quotes

“Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.”

“The thing about great poetry is we have no defenses against it.”

“I am frequently asked by people if I would like to be known or remembered for being a Great Poet or a Great Writer. The simple answer is this:There are many Great Poets and even more Great Writers, thus I answer and say, I would like to be remembered as a capable poet that was a good writer that possessed a truly loving soul, and that all may know, for me, this was great enough.”

“To have great poets, there must be great audiences.”

“To have great poets there must be great audiences too.”

“Great poets are great copy editors.”

“I'm not a great poetry fan.”

“Great poetry does not have to be technically intricate.”

“You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry.”

“It’s hard to say something about Pushkin to a person who doesn’t know anything about him. Pushkin is a great poet. Napoleon is not as great as Pushkin. Bismarck compared to Pushkin is a nobody. And the Alexanders, First, Second and Third, are just little kids compared to Pushkin. In fact, compared to Pushkin, all people are little kids, except Gogol. Compared to him, Pushkin is a little kid.And so, instead of writing about Pushkin, I would rather write about Gogol.Although, Gogol is so great that not a thing can be written about him, so I'll write about Pushkin after all.Yet, after Gogol, it’s a shame to have to write about Pushkin. But you can’t write anything about Gogol. So I’d rather not write anything about anyone.”