"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses." ― Jean Cocteau Topic(s): Poetry More From Jean Cocteau "Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie." "Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper." "After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter." More In Poetry "Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly."― T. S. Eliot "The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry."― Robert Morgan "My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I’ve never forgotten that."― Sam Raimi