It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.

'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.

Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.

The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.

I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.

Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that's been foisted on to him.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.