The reason why we do maths is because it's like poetry. It's about patterns, and that really turned me on. It made me feel that maths was in... →
Marcus du Sautoy
Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip around Milton, duck... →
Terry Eagleton
Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm.
I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry... →
Justin Townes Earle
I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your... →
Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.
Steve Earle
Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.
Becoming interested in poetics got me interested in theater. Theater is supposed to be poetry, you know, before it's anything else. It just... →
Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power... →
Richard Eberhart
I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up.
Jenny Eclair