Japanese Tanka Poet

Famous quotes containing the words japanese and/or poet:

    “The Japanese say, “If the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.””
    —Lester Cole, U.S. screenwriter, Nathaniel Curtis, and Frank Lloyd. Nick Condon (James Cagney)

    “Sir, I admit your gen’ral rule
    That every poet is a fool:
    But you yourself may serve to show it,
    That every fool is not a poet.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)