A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.

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

The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning.

Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt.

Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.

Poetry must be as well written as prose.