Quotes by Poe, Edgar Allan

We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, >>

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it >>

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of litera >>

Poetry should only occupy the idle. >>

There is only beauty -- and it has only one perfect expression -- poet >>

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Poe, Edgar Allan