The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.

People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf.

What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage

There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.

Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.

The temple is holy because it is not for sale.