The aim of the poet, or other artist, is first to make something; and it's impossible to make something out of words and not communicate.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
The writer, the poet, the novelist, are all creators. This does not mean that they invent language; it means that they use language to create beauty, ideas, images. This is why we cannot do without them.
Poetry must be made by all and not by one.
Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready.
Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.
I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What it takes is being open to the flow of universal creativity. The Zen artists knew this.
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making.
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.