The philosophy of poetry must acknowledge that the poetic act has no past, at least no recent past, in which its preparation and appearance could be followed.

Any comparison diminishes the expressive qualities of the terms of the comparison.

It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.

We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection

The words of the world want to make sentences.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

There are children who will leave a game to go and be bored in a corner of the garret. How often have I wished for the attic of my boredom when the complications of life made me lose the very germ of freedom!