I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet.
Werner Herzog
I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
Muhammad Iqbal
I love the 19th-century idea of the flaneur, the poet wandering through the streets.
Tom Hodgkinson
To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
Karl Jaspers
I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a... →
Tahar Ben Jelloun
I am a poet; I am not a worker. I need to be free.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank.
Steven T. Katz
Everyone his own cinematographer. His own stream-of-consciousness e-mail poet. His own nightclub DJ. His own political columnist. His own biographer... →
Walter Kirn
I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet.
Kenneth Koch
I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.
Yusef Komunyakaa