Much that is beautiful must be discarded So that we may resemble a taller Impression of ourselves.

Part of the strength of Pollock and Rothko's art, in fact, is this doubt as to whether art may be there at all.

I listen to music a great deal. In a way, it's trying to express things that can't be expressed in words. That's something that interests me, too. Even though I use words to express myself, I am trying to, it seems to me, get beyond that.

The winter does what it can for its children.

Much that is beautiful must be discarded So that we may resemble a taller Impression of ourselves.

I often wonder if I am suffering from some mental dysfunction because of how weird and baffling my poetry seems to so many people and sometimes to me too.

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.