I like art history and art criticism. Leo Steinberg has always been my favorite. Hes very original, very accurate and acute.

There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work.

The non-artists among us are always terribly busy, but finally disappear without a trace.

One could say that artists are people who think naturally in highly patterned ways.

If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct.

The art of utterance persuades initially by its music and its rhythm, before semiotic or personal characteristics come into play.

A poem needs imaginative rhythms as well as imaginative transformation of content.