No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work.
The attention one gets from being a poet isn't great.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
Many poets, as you know, are not good readers.
Poetry must be made by all and not by one.
I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet.
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.
No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.