Poets are born, not made

1. Poets, like all true artists, possess talent that cannot be taught.

Example Sentences

It’s just as it was in the ancient world: there are some who say that poets are born, not made; and there are some who claim that a natural inclination is useful but not sufficient – that if you want to achieve something good, it has to be cultivated.

From The Guardian

Orators, like poets, are "born not made," but even the born speaker will fail at times unless these laws are considered and observed.

From Project Gutenberg

If it is true that poets are born, not made, it is equally so of poachers.

From Project Gutenberg

Acting she has yet to learn; but artists, like poets, are born, not made.

From Project Gutenberg

Goalkeepers, like poets, are born, not made.

From Project Gutenberg