Context

This line is from the poem "The Trouble with Poetry" by Billy Collins (2005).

Entertainment Weekly called Billy Collins "the Oprah of poetry." You get a poem! You get a poem! You get a poem! He's popular, but sometimes frowned upon by serious critics. Perhaps those critics would turn this line against him and accuse him of writing too much poetry. But if Collins' poetry inspires more, that can't be a bad thing, can it?

Where you've heard it

You've heard this from the snooty kid in your poetry workshop class.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

The pretentiousness of this quote entirely depends on how good (or bad) your own poetry is.