She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence.

My life is in the art that I make, and I'm very happy with it.

What worth was a man who could not be haunted?

The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also stood in front of those same paintings with people who've said, 'let's get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.' I have lingered, of course.

Life is short And pleasures few And holed the ship And drowned the crew But o! But o! How very blue the sea is.

There must still be room for the falling note, of course. Even in an undying world there are times when beauty passes from sight, or love passes from the heart, and we feel the sorrow of partition.

I'm a poet,' the young man said, 'And it's my job to remember the sadness of things.