The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.

Rhythm is form cut into time.

Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.

Bureaucrats are a pox. They are supposed to be necessary. Certain chemicals in the body are supposed to be necessary to life, but cause death the moment they increase beyond a suitable limit

'Tis not need we know our every thought Or see the work shop where each mask is wrought Wherefrom we view the world of box and pit, Careless of wear, just so the mask shall fit And serve our jape's turn for a night or two.

Quiet this metal! Let the manes put off their terror, let them put off their aqueous bodies with fire. Let them assume the milk-white bodies of agate. Let them draw together the bones of the metal.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.