Best quotes by David Whyte on Poetry

Checkout quotes by David Whyte on Poetry

• ‟ Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends.

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• ‟ Poetry carries the imagery which is large enough for the kind of life we want for ourselves.

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• ‟ There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from.

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• ‟ Poetry is a street fighter. It has sharp elbows. It can look after itself. Poetry can't be used for manipulation; it's why you never see good poetry in advertising.

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• ‟ By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar.

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• ‟ It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human life.

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• ‟ The thing about great poetry is we have no defenses against it.

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