Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Edmund BurkeStatesman · Irish · 1729 – 1797
More from Edmund Burke
Art Quotes
#Poetry
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. — W. H. Auden
  • There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. — Jean de la Bruyere
  • A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress. — Lord Byron
  • All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing. — Edmund Burke
  • It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere. — Edmund Burke
  • We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature. — Edmund Burke
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026