Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.
~ Percy Bysshe Shelley ~

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ~ Kahlil Gibran ~

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them. ~ Dennis Gabor ~

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. ~ Marianne Moore ~

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. ~ Carl Sandburg ~

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason. ~Novalis~

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof. ~ Rene Char ~

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. ~ Kahlil Gibran~

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. ~ Native American Proverb ~

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. ~ The Talmud ~