What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage.

Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.

The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding out why you're you and not somebody else. And who in the blazes are you anyhow? Ah, voilà une chose!

The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.

No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job.

The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.