Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All nature is but art unknown to thee.
Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.
Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course.
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head.
Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.
If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.
For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.