Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.
Julie Taymor
I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load.
Tinie Tempah
There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our... →
Helen Thomas
The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted... →
Lewis Thomas
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
Henry David Thoreau
Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.
Michael Tippett
The sentences I write have their roots in song and poetry, and take their bearings from music and painting, as much as from the need to impart mere... →
Colm Toibin
Poetry was one of the things that interested me most as I was growing up. I used to write it in my head all the time. I still think the very greatest... →
Claire Tomalin
'Words and Music' on Radio 3 is always a treat. Actors read passages of poetry and prose interspersed with music, and nobody tells you what... →
I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.
Peleg Top