"Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie." ― Jean Cocteau Topic(s): Poetry Tags: children, lunatics More From Jean Cocteau "Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail." "Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for." "The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth." More In Poetry "My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don’t want our lives to end."― John Barton "Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature."― David Hare "I don’t think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don’t come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart."― Judy Collins