Poets are born, not made

Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

Poets are born, not made, some scribbler said, And every rhymester thinks the saying true: Better unborn than wanting labor's aid: Aye, all great poets—all great men—are made Between the hammer and the anvil.

From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox

Poets are born, not made; but careful study and patience serve to smooth the rough edges, as the edges are natural to the unhewn marble.

From Zula by Lindley, H. Esselstyn

"Poets are born, not made; and I hardly think you was born one."

From From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)