I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut.

These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. They are only meant to terrify & comfort.

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn

This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.

We are using our own skins for wallpaper and we cannot win.