“Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.”– Vincent Van Gogh Related Quotes “Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.”– Aristotle “I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published.”– Sally Kirkland “Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.”– David Lehman