Poetry Quote by Jean Valentine — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Words, words were truly alive on the tongue, in the head, warm, beating, frantic, winged; music and blood.”

“The Jewel”

“How clear, how lovely bright,”

“my dear, I have nothing to say.”

“In the dark I rest,”

“No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead.”