42) 24124. Fry, Christopher. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER: 24124 QUOTATION: Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement . says heaven and earth in one word . speaks of himself and his predicament...

43) 43830. Pater, Walter. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER: 43830 QUOTATION: Poetry, at all times, exercises two distinct functions: it may reveal, it may unveil to every eye, the ideal aspects of common things . or...

44) 42932. Oliver, Mary. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER: 42932 QUOTATION: Poetry isn t a profession, it s a way of life. It s an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that. ATTRIBUTION:...

45) 40542. Montez, Susan. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER: 40542 QUOTATION: Poetry transforms and redeems the common, the hurtful, the humiliating. ATTRIBUTION: Susan Montez (b. c. 1956), U.S. poet. As quoted in the...

46) 46342. Rich, Adrienne. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER: 46342 QUOTATION: Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe....

47) 45148. Pound, Ezra. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER: 45148 QUOTATION: Poetry is a very complex art. It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols. ATTRIBUTION: Ezra...

48) 23750. Frost, Robert. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER: 23750 QUOTATION: Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. ATTRIBUTION: Robert Frost (1874–1963), U.S. poet. Quoted in Elizabeth S. Sergeant, Robert Frost:...

49) 56353. Stevens, Wallace. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER: 56353 QUOTATION: Poetry Exceeding music must take the place Of empty heaven and its hymns. ATTRIBUTION: Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), U.S. poet. The Man with...

50) 12662. Clifton, Lucille. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER: 12662 QUOTATION: Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. ATTRIBUTION: Lucille Clifton (b. 1936), U.S. poet. As quoted in Listen to Their...