All that is best in the great poets of all countries is not what is national in them, but what is universal.
All great poetry is dipped in the dyes of the heart.
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet.
Great Poets discover themselves. Little Poets have to be 'discovered' by somebody else.
I'm not a great poetry fan.
You can't be too influenced by a great poet. You simply have to live through it.
After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths.
Good poets borrow, great poets steal
There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry.
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
