The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery.

I feel myself inhabited by a force or being -- very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.

There's no such thing as love; only proof of love.

Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail.

If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.

Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work - that's what makes you unique.

I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.