The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.
If the sky falls they shall have clouds for supper.
I'm not a stickler for truth. To me, lying in poetry is much more fun. I'm against lying in life, in principle, in any other activity except poetry.
A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights.
Here is something we can all count on. Sooner or later our tribe always comes to ask us to agree to murder.
Roberto Calasso's survey of the renewed interest in myth demonstrates how decisive the gods' influence was on modern literature. Calasso is not only immensely learned; he is one of the most original thinkers and writers we have today.