Quotes by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

My case is a species of madness, only that it is a derangement of the >>

Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best o >>

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting. >>

Inside every man there is a poet who died young. >>

Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom an >>

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; --poetry = the best words in the best order.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor