The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

There's nothing as dear as the sight of ruins.

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty, he sinks into oblivion. Society, on the other hand, has no obligation toward the poet.

When I'm not writing or reading, I'm thinking about both.

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the latter. The sensation of this takeover is responsible for timbre; the realization of it, for destiny.

Geography blended with time equals destiny.