For darkness restores what light cannot repair.

The delirium and horror of the East. The dusty catastrophe of Asia. Green only on the banner of the Prophet. Nothing grows here except mustaches.

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

I'm a bad Jew, a bad Russian, a bad everything.

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.

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.