Quotes by Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, >>

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. >>

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives ev >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history. >>

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation. >>

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. >>

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle