Poets on Poetry... and Writing!

Here are some of my fave quotes/sayings by fellow poets a/o writers:   



"A poem should not mean, But be." - Archibald Macleish


"Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite
'Fool', said my muse to me
Look in thy heart and write," - Philip Sidney


"... genuine poetry is conceived and composed in the soul." - Matthew Arnold.


"When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.' " - Hilaire Belloc


"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings:
it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity." - William Wordsworth.


"The pen is mightier than the sword,
With blood spilt be the written word." - Josanne Defreitas


"You write with ease, to show your breeding,
But easy writing's vile hard reading." - Richard Brinsley Sheridan.