"In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well." ― Paul Valery Topic(s): Poetry More From Paul Valery "The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us." "History is the science of things which are not repeated." "God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly." More In Poetry "That’s a wonderful change that’s taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends."― A. R. Ammons "Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course."― John Drinkwater "If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield."― Simon Armitage