It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it's a miracle that we don't dissolve in our baths.
Poetry is a religion with no hope.
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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.